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6.

Section E amends section 31 of the principal Ordinance sc as to make it agree with and include the provisions of section 49 of that Ordinance. Section 49 being thus no longer necessary is therefore repealed by section 7 of this Ordinance.

7. Section 32 of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, pro- -vided that if a defendant were fined a sum not exceeding $5, and if he had on him money equal to the amount of the fine, any money found on him might be appropriated to the payment

of his fine. Section 6 of this Ordinance amends that section

by reading $25 for $5. This amendment is made in view of a

contemplated increase of the maximum fine for mendicancy from $5 to $25. Beggars sometimes have comparatively large sums

in their possession.

cases al so.

The provision may be useful in other

Section 7 repeals section 49 of the principal Ordi-

-nance because, as explained in paragraph 6 above, its pro- -visions are now included in section 31 of the principal Ordi-

nance,

9.

Section 8 repeals section 78 of the principal Ordi-

-nance and substitutes a new section which agrees better with section 11 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance

No.9 of 1890.

10.

Section 9 inserts in the principal Ordinance a new section 78A which deals with the procedure in the case of a

charge against a corporation of an indictable offence. This

aded

section 33 of the

section is baded on certain portions of

Criminal Justice Act, 1925, 15 and 16 Geo. V.ce86.

It may

be convenient to point cut here that service on a limited

company registered under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance is provided for by section 117 of Ordinance No.58 cf 1911, and that service on companies incorporated outside the Colony which establish a place of business here is provided for by

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