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Wednesday, June 21, 1972

LEGISLATION ON COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS

The Attorney General, the Hon. D.T.E. Roberts, said today that it

would be wise to study how legislation empowering the Courts in England to

make Community Service Orders worked before deciding whether it was desirable

to make similar provision in Hong Kong.

The Attorney General was replying in the Legislative Council to

the Hon. Wilson Wang, who asked: "Will Government introduce legislation to

enable the Courts of the Colony to make Community Service Orders whenever such

an order is considered to be a penalty appropriate to an offence or the offender?"

Roberts said the English bill was introduced into Parliament last

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year, but he had not been able to find out if it had been enacted.

PASSING OUT PARADE

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A member of the Legislative Council, Mr. Oswald Cheung, will take the

salute at the passing out parade of 15 Assistant Immigration Officers and nine

Immigration Assistants on Friday (June 23).

The parade will be held at the Royal Hong Kong Regiment parade ground

in Sports Road, Happy Valley, starting at 9.30 a.0.

Note to editors:

You are cordially invited to send a

reporter and/or photographer to have the event

covered.

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