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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1991

OF

CUSTODY TO COURTS + COMMISSIONER

THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SECRETARIAT WOULD TAKE OVER THE RENUNCIATION RECORDS AND THE ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES

POLICE AND

COMMISSIONER

THE MAGISTRATES, CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

OF

THE

"ALL RECORDS WILL BE KEPT IN CONFIDENCE AND BE INDEPENDENT OF ANY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPREY SAID.

WILL

HE

OF

THE SECRETARIAT

DEPARTMENTS, MR

THE TRIBUNAL DUTIES WOULD BE OF OTHER STATUTORY BOARDS IN ADDITION

THE

EIGHT POSTS

THE WORKLOAD THE LIGHT,

OF

EXISTING

OUT POINTED

THAT SINCE SECRETARIAT WAS EXPECTED TO BE VERY ASSUMED BY THE SECRETARIATS

AND TO THEIR CURRENT DUTIES SERVICE THE TRIBUNAL WOULD BE DELETED.

CREATED TO

FURTHER

MEANWHILE, CLAUSE 4 ENABLED THE TRIBUNAL TO TERMINATE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS WHICH HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY THE APPLICANTS.

HELD IN ABEYANCE AND WHICH SCHEME. MR ASPREY

THESE INCLUDED APPLICATIONS NOW WERE NOT REACTIVATED BEFORE THE SUSPENSION OF THE SAID.

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION WERE MADE IN CLAUSES 5 TO 10.

THE AND

PRINCIPAL SECRETARIAT

AND

TRIAD REVIVE THE

TO POWER

SUSPEND THE

AFTER TRIBUNAL

ALL

AT THE SAME TIME, CLAUSE 11 ADDED A NEW SECTION 26N TO GIVE THE

IN

SUSPEND GOVERNOR

COUNCIL

POWER TO RENUNCIATION

SCHEME,

THE GOVERNOR THE PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN DETERMINED.

AS POSSIBLE TO COME

PUBLICISE 1, 1991 AND TO FORWARD

HE ALSO SAID A SPECIAL CAMPAIGN IS BEING LAUNCHED TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE SCHEME WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL

POTENTIAL RENOUNCERS ENCOURAGE AS MANY

BEFORE THAT DEADLINE.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

0

-

BILL TO REPLACE FAULTY PRESUMPTIONS ON DRUG OFFENCES

*

то

THE PURPOSE OF THE DANGEROUS DRUGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 IS

AND REPLACE UNRELIABLE

INADEQUATE PRESUMPTIONS RELATING TO THE

OF

OF

THE DANGEROUS DRUGS FOR THE PURPOSE

TRAFFICKING, POSSESSION

FOR SECURITY, THE SECRETARY

HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR ASPREY SAID SECTION 46 OF THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE PROVIDED THAT ANY PERSON FOUND IN POSSESSION

WAS OF MORE THAN A SPECIFIED QUANTITY OF A DANGEROUS DRUG PRESUMED ΤΟ HAVE BEEN IN POSSESSION OF THE DRUG FOR THE TRAFFICKING.

PURPOSE OF

/HE SAID

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