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Ordinance

(Cap. 241.)

Criminal Procedure Ordinance.

(Cap. 225)

Amendment

such person, his age at the material time shall be deemed to be or to have been that which appears to such court, after considering any avail- able evidence, to be or to have been his age at that time.".

The following section is added after section 106– "Presianption and determination of age

Preumpeda and

OF ME. ET. 1940

C. SU.

* 80031.17

12 1064, (1) Where the age of any person at any time is material for The purposes of any provision in this Ordinance or any other Ordinance regulating the powers of a court in relation to offenders, his age at the malerial time shall be deemed to be or to bave been that which appears to the court, after considering any available evidence, to be or to have been his age at that time.

2) m this section, "count" 'includes the District Court and a

magistrate,

Reformatory Schools | Section 37 is amended by inverting after "to the Ordinance.

cort', in each place where it occurs. Be follow-

(Cap. 24)

Juvenile Offenders Ordinance.

ing

"after considering any available evidence as to his age.".

Section 19 is amended by inserting after to the court", in cach place where it occurs, the follow-

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after considering any available evidence as to his age,”.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 9th day of May 1979.

Plan

Clerk to the Legislative Couned.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bNI.

Pla

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

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