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the Governor, since he may now make exclusion orders as well as the Governor in Council.
ingly.
This bill amends sections 33, 40 and 41 of the Ordinance accord-
Question put and agreed to.
Bill read the second time.
Bill committed to a committee of the whole Council pursuant to Standing Order No 43(1).
Explanatory Memorandum
As a result of an amendment in 1968, section 38(2) of the principal Ordinance provides that, upon the recommendation of a tenancy tribunal, an order excluding any particular premises from the further application of the Ordinance may be made by the Governor, if no appeal is lodged under section 39, and by the Governor in Council if an appeal is lodged.
At present sections 33, 40 and 41 of the Ordinance refer only - to orders made by the Governor in Council, and this Bill amends these sections so as to include reference to orders made by the Governor.
PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL 1970
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Mr Roberts) moved the second reading of:-"A bill to amend the Public Order Ordinance and to make con- sequential amendments to the City Hall Ordinance.”
He said:-Sir, the Public Order Ordinance, when it was introduced in 1967, attracted a considerable amount of criticism in the press and by various associations and bodies, which argued that the Ordinance went further than was justified, that unnecessary powers were con- ferred on the police and that some of the provisions were so drafted that it might be possible for morally innocent persons to be found guilty of offences under it.
I concluded my speech on the Second Reading of the bill in the following terms: ---
"It is a problem as old as the law itself, to find the proper point of balance between citizen and state. This point, as the history of any country will show, changes from time to time. It is to be hoped that this bill has found the right balance, taking
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