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(118281) Dd. 391599

Registry No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

DRAFT letter

By Bag

To:-

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted, Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

Sir Michael Hogan, C.M.G., Chief Justices Chambers, Court of Justice, Hong Kong.

Type 1 +

From

Sir A. Grattan-Belle

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

under Common Lo

aur

Thank you for your letter of 7 June concerning

the Hong Kong Criminal procedure (amendment)(No. A

Ordinance.

I understand that John Moreton, while in Hong

Kong, arranged for this matter to be discussed here

with Denis Roberts sometime next month, and I hope

that we will then be able to agree to some form of

compromise. I am still of the opinion that this

Particularl

ordinance goes too far. As I understand the

clear

thu mit be power to down

#umit pona position, a court may be cleared when it becomes stu

necessary in order to administer justice, but under

this ordinance thas power to clear the court if it is

considered that it may become necessary in order

to administer justice.

We are, of course, familiar with the cases you

cite in your letter but we have not been able to

trace "The Colonial Office Model Penal Code". I

have no recollection of ever having seen this Model

and it has probably been lost during the several

moves we have had during the last few years. Could

you arrange for a copy of the relevant provisi on

of the Code to be sent to me?

I han just recend

to the

при

letter of 24 June

mecay action will be taken at on t Weesay

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