CO129-515-9 Accessories and Abettors Ordinance 1929 20-2-1929 - 26-9-1929 — Page 9

Enclosure 110.2

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong..20th..September.1929.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...... 14.

........of 1929.

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an

Ordinance to amend the law relating to accessories to and

abettors of indictable offences, and I am of opinion that

the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the

Governor's instructions.

2.

Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of this Ordinance are

re-enactments of sections 2 to 5 inclusive and section 8 of

Ordinance No. 3 of 1865, except that in each of these

sections the words "Act or" are inserted before the word

Ordinance. This amendment is important for such cases

as that of piracy with acts endangering life, which is made

a felony by 7 William IV and I Vict. c. 88.

3. As attainder has been abolished (see section 70 of

Ordinance No. 9 of 1899), section 6 of Ordinance No. 3 of

1865 has not been re-enacted.