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A

BILL

To

ANNEX A TO XCR(70)345

Anond the Criminal Procedure Ordinance and to make consequential

amendments to certain other Ordinances.

Short title.

Amendment of

section 2.

(Cap. 221.)

Addition of new

sections 131

and 13B.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal Procedure

(Amendment) Ordinance 1970.

2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting,

before the definition of "bailiff", the following -

""arrestable offence" means any offence, for which the sentence is fixed

by law or for which a person may under or by virtue of any law be

sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding twelve months, and

any attempt to commit any such offence;".

3. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section

13, the following new sections

"Special conditions of bail. 1967, c. 80, s. 21.

134. (1) The conditions on which any person is

admitted to bail may include conditions appearing to the

court to be likely to result in his appearance at the

time and place required or to be necessary in the

interests of justice or for the prevention of crime.

(2) A court which on admitting, or directing the

admission of, any person to bail imposes a condition

under subsection (1) shall not require him to find

sureties in respect of that condition.