CO129-551-5 Asylums Amendment Ordinance 1935 24-1-1935 - 29-5-1935 — Page 14

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March, 1935.

1 APR 1935

Ord. 1 of 1935

Attorney-General's Report on Ord. 1 of 1935.

Ord. 6 of 1906

Ord. 11 of 1927

sir,

I am directed by Secretary

Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir John Gilmour, a copy of Hong Kong Ordinance No. 1 of 1935, the Asylums Amendment Ordinance, together with a copy of the Attorney General's Report thereon. A copy of the principal Ordinance and an amending Ordinance passed in 1927 are also enclosed.

2. It will be observed that under Section 15 of the principal Ordinance as amended in 1927 any person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment could be removed to an asylum if he were certified by the Medical Officer of the prison to be of unsound mind.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

HOME OFFICE.

If