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To give effect in Hong Kong to provisions of the Convention, the Crimes (Torture) Ordinance was enacted in January 1993. It creates and defines the offence of torture, and provides for a maximum penalty of life imprisonment for a person convicted of the crime. It also provides the legal channels for the extradition of torturers and suspected torturers.
Other measures taken include: ensuring our interrogation rules and instructions are compatible with the Convention; providing adequate and reliable complaints channels and machinery for inspection and supervision of custodial arrangements; and ensuring in the legal system that the victim of an act of torture obtains redress and has an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation.
Under Article 19 of the Convention, States Parties are required to submit to the United Nations Committee Against Torture periodic reports on the measures they have taken to give effect to their undertakings under the Convention.
"We were formally notified by the United Kingdom Government on March 29, 1995 that the initial report on Hong Kong was submitted by the United Kingdom Government to the United Nations late last month," the spokesman said.
"Copies of the report on Hong Kong and the text of the Convention, in both Chinese and English, are available at the Marketing Office of the Government Information Services at the 17th Floor, Siu On Centre, 176-192 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong," he said.
"The report will be issued again in the form of a booklet in May and copies wil! be made available in public libraries and District Offices for public information then," he added.
End/Monday, April 10, 1995
FS to visit Shenzhen
The Financial Secretary, Sir Hamish Macleod, will visit the city of Shenzhen at the invitation of the Shenzhen Municipal Government on Thursday (April 13).
Sir Hamish will visit various infrastructural developments in Shenzhen such as the port facilities at Yantian and the airport. He will also visit the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
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