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LETTER

بھیجا

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Type 1 +

From

To:-

D.T.E. Roberts Esq. CBE, QC. "Carter OBE., 2., Attorney General's Chambers,Hong Kong.

Telephone No. & Ext.

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malters of particular legal difficulting which raise political aspects of policy.

Department

Prevention of Bribary Bill, 1970.

Thank you for your letter of 31st January

about the above Bill.

We are grateful for the extent to which you Our

have felt able to meet are objections and it

seems that the outstanding queries are now con-

fined to those relating to to Clause 10 and

sub-clauses 14 (1) (a) and 14(1) (c) There

is also a point of clarification arising out

of clause 15.

. Clause 10. We appreciate and sympathise

with the arguments in your letter, but there

little

is no doubt that any proposal to retain these

clauses will require consideration at Ministrial pial

level.

The Prime Minister's directive to which I

refered in my letter of 21st January was a general directive to departments in Whitehall concerning

the procedure to be followed in considering

legislati-n and political importà It was not

intended for the guidance of Colonial Governments

and you would therefore not have been aware

of its existence.

Sub-Clauses 14 (1) (a) and (c).

It is not clear from the enclosure to your

letter whether you intend to modify these sub -

-1-

/clauses

A