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CONFIDENTIAL

A BILL

To

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ANNEX TO XCC(78)3

Amend the Independent Commission Against Corruption

Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice

and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title.

1。 This Ordinance may be cited as the Independent

Commission Against Corruption (Amendment) Ordinance 1978.

Addition of new section 18A.

(Cap. 204.)

2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding

after section 18 the following new section

"Investigation of pre-1977 offences.

18A. Notwithstanding section 12, the

Commissioner shall not act as required by

paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that section

in respect of alleged or suspected offences

committed before 1 January 1977 except in

relation to

(a)

persons not in Hong Kong or against

whom a warrant of arrest was out-

standing on 5 November 1977;

(b)

any person who before 5 November

1977 had been interviewed by an

officer and to whom allegations

had been put that he had committed

an offence;

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