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REC

REGE 2 NOV 06

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Hongkong, 33th September,

190 5

Report on Ordinance No.7.

of 190 5

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I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled

An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences

Ordinance, 1945,

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to

the Governor's Instructions.

The powers at present possessed by the police being in-

-sufficient for the effective abatement of the nuisance caused by solicitations for immoral purposes by persons frequenting certain public places this Ordinance is designed to confer the requisite powers: and recent decisions of the Madistretes bav- -ing caused doubt whether the power possessed by the police in relation to nuisances and obstructions in "streets" extend

to a street on land held under lease from the Crown, this Ordi- -nance is further designed to renove such doubts.

Hemi S. Berkeley

Attorney General.