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Wednesday, January 30, 1974

BILLS PASSED

Five bills passed their third and final readings in the Legislative

Council today.

They were: the District Court (Amendment) Bill, the Magistrates

(Amendment) Bill, the Training Centres (Amendment) Bill, the Drug Addiction

Treatment Centres (Amendment) Bill, and the Temporary Restriction of

Building Development (Pok Fu Lan and Mid-Levels) (Amendment) Bill.

Seven other bills were read for the first time. These were the

Independent Commission Against Corruption Bill, the Prevention of Bribery

(Amendment) Bill, the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation (Amendment)

Bill, the Fixed Penalty (Criminal Proceedings) Bill, the Road Traffic

(Amendment) Bill, the Official Languages Bill, and the Prisons (Amendment) Bill.

Reports tabled at the meeting included the annual report by the

Director of Civil Aviation for the year 1972/73 and the Director of Audit's

Report and Cortificate on the Hong Kong government's accounts for the year

ended March 31, 1973.

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