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The circumstances of Hong Kong are special and preclude
constit tional progress along the path followed by other
dependent territories.
PART II
Article 7 (paragraph 25, page 83)
4. In Line 6 "Senior" should reach "Chief"
Article 10(2)(a)(paragraph 49, page 87)
5. The Superintendent lays down limits and conditions ad hoc
in the light of the particular circumstances of each prisoner.
This power is rarely used and is simply a safeguard against
abuse.
Article 10(2)(b)(paragraph 50, page 88)
6. Adults and young offenders are kept separate.
Article 12(3)(page 90)
7. The Employment Ordinance (Cap.57) provides that if an
employer or former employer is about to leave Hong Kong with
intent to evade payment of wages or other monies owed by him
under a contract of employment, any of his employees may
apply to a Judge for the issue of a warrant ordering that the
employer be apprehended and brought before a Judge. The
Judge may require the employer to enter a bond for his appear-
ance in a court until he has paid to the employee the full
amount of the debt.
Article 14(1)(paragraph 73, page 92)
8. The "next best friend" can be anybody who is appointed
subject to the concurrence of the court to act on behalf of
someone who cannot act on their own behalf.
Article 14(3)(d)(paragraph 82, page 94)
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9. Legal aid extended to all criminal cases in district
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courts in 1978.
10. A free professional legal assistance scheme has been
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introduced experimentally from 1 January 1979 in the three
busiest Magistracies.
The scheme is managed by the Hong Kong
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