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Justice's" reasonable, criticisons of the Original Ordinance, Legal adrivers are

Satisfied on this score

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subject to the

Loints we are raising with the Governor.

One of

our reservations concerns Section 12

of the original Orderiance (see para 5 of The draft Saring despatch);

We still do

not think the proposed amendments to this.

section entirely meet Justice's criticism that This provision does away

the requirement that Guilty intent should exist before an offence Can be committed. We believe Mr. Allann had this point in mind when asting his P.Q.s about the " burden of froof". ( The

Section 30 of the original

Same point arose

Ordinance

сп

but this is being repeated by the

Amending Bill.) Sif the Governor can weeet

and

The other points we have

s consider

us

.on

This

raised

to have met

The legislation.

all

met all

we can properly claim

reasonable criticisms of

b.s. Carter

29/4/69

Mr. Moreton