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commission of an act in a
foreign country which may not
be a crime in that country
at all.
3.
I am, however, prepared
to approve of the introduction
of the draft Bill, provided that the
in question
the provisions thereof are limited
Λ
to accessories in Hong Kong to
persons committing acts in China
or in the neighbouring territory,
and that a proviso be inserted that
the act committed in China or in
the neighbouring territory should
be a crime according to the law of
the place in which it was committed
(hud
as well as a felony in Hong Kong(had
it been committed there). there.
be difficult to justify the
It would
conviction of an accessory in Hong
Kong to an act committed elsewhere
which act is not regarded as
criminal in the law of the place
where it is actually committed.
I have etc.
(Signed) L. S. AMERY
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