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WEDNESDAY, JUE 18, 1975

+THESE FIGURES ARE THEMSELVES CONVINCING PROOF THAT THE INVESTIGATION POVERS OF THE INLAND REVELUE NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED AND THE PENALTIES FOR TAX OFFENCES INCREASED TO DEAL WITH AND DETER TAX EVASION EFFECTIVELY AS ARE HOU PROPOSED IN THE BILL

DEFORE COUNCIL, HE SAID.

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DEDATE ON THE DILL WAS FURTHER ADJOURNED.

IN ́REPLY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WELCOMED THE UNOFFICIALS' SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF TAX EVASION.

ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT ATTRACTED TO THE UNOFFICIALS' PROPOSAL FOR THE REVIEW BOARD TO ENDORSE THE COMMISSIONER'S DEMAND FOR A STATEMENT OF ASSETS AID LIABILITIES FRCII A PERSON SUSPECTED OF A TAX OFFENCE, HE AGREED, TO TRY IT OUT FOR A WHILE, SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD THAT THERE IS NO PROCEDURAL DIFFICULTY,

SEVEN STOLEN POLICE PISTOLS RECOVERED * * * * * *

SEVEN OF THE 12 POLICE REVOLVERS STOLEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN RECOVERED, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS FROM THE HON. ROGER LODO, NR. DAVIES SAID POLICE SERVICE REVOLVERS ARE ISSUED ON PERSONAL CHARGE TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALLOWED TO RETAIN THEM OFF DUTY.

THOSE ALLOWED TO DO SO ARE OFFICERS OF AND BELOW THE RANK OF STATION SERGEANT WHO PERFORM PLAIN-CLOTHES FULL-TIME DETECTIVE DUTIES- OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF INSPECTOR AND ABOVE WHO PERFORM PLAIN-CLOTHES DETECTIVE DUTIES AND WHO, IN THE OPINION OF A SENIOR FORMATION COMMANDER, ARE CONSIDERED LIKELY TO DE REQUIRED TO BE ARMED AT IMMEDIATE NOTICE AND ANY POLICE OFFICER OF THE RANK OF INSPECTOR AND ABOVE WHO IN THE OPINION OF A POLICE MAJOR FORMATION COMMANDER SHOULD HOLD A PERSONAL ISSUE REVOLVER DUE TO THE NATURE OF HIS DUTIES.

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