CO129-551-5 Asylums Amendment Ordinance 1935 24-1-1935 - 29-5-1935 — Page 22

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong, 24th January.......1935.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No. ......................................of 1985.

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1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an

Ordinance to amend the Asylums Ordinance, 1906, and I

am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not

contrary to the Governor's instructions.

2. Section 15(2) of the principal Ordinance (as

enacted by section 8 of the Asylums Amendment Ordinance,

1927) provided only for committal by order of the

Governor to an asylum of prisoners under sentence who

were certified by the prison Medical Oficer to be of

unsound mind.

3. Remand prisoners, detention prisoners and persons

committed to the house of detention as vagrants were

thus left outside the scope of this provision, as well

as prisoners and persons de tained who showed signs of

insanity but could not be definitely certified as insane.

4. This amending Ordinance remedies the se defects.

5. 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.

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Attorney General.