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Short title.
A BILL
To
ANNEX A TO XCR(73)90
Amend the District Court Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
This Ordinance may be cited as the District Court
(Amendment) Ordinance 1973.
Amendment of section 36, (Cap. 5.)
2. Section 36 of the principal Ordinance is amended
by deleting "five years" wherever the words occur and
substituting "seven years".
Explanatory Memorandum.
The great increase in the amount of serious crime
during the past few years has imposed severe burdens on the
Supreme Court and the District Court.
It is therefore proposed that some of the more
serious cases now tried in the Supreme Court should be tried
in the District Court. In order to enable the District
Court to deal adequately with such cases this Bill increases
the maximum sentence which may be imposed by a District
Judge from 5 to 7 years.
Attorney General.
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