CO129-537-8 Police Force Ordinance 1932 1-12-1932 - 2-5-1933 — Page 20

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The case

5. By section 28 the new offence of wilfully giving

false information to the police, with intent to defeat or

delay the ends of justice, has been created.

of Bastable v.Little (1906, 1 K. B.,59) goes to show that

wilful misleading may amount to obstruction of a police

officer (section 34 of the Offences against the Person

Ordinance, 1865), but it seems better to have the offence

clearly defined.

6.

In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His

Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name

of His Majesty and on His behalf.

aucht

Attorney General.

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