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ANNEX B TO XCC(80)43

Amend the Offences against the Person Ordinance and

to make consequential amendments to the Criminal

Procedure 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 Offences

against the Person (Amendment). Ordinance 1980.

Amendment of heading. (Cap. 212.)

2. The principal Ordinance is amended by

deleting the heading "ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE ABORTION"

where it occurs after section 45 and substituting

the following

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"ABORTION, CHILD DESTRUCTION AND INFANTICIDE".

Amendment of section 46.

3.

Section 46 of the principal Ordinance is

amended by deleting "be liable to imprisonment for life." and substituting the following

"be liable to -

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