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A BILL

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Enclosure No 4

Amend the Offences against the Person Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Offences against the Person Short title. (Amendment) Ordinance 1982.

2. Section 42 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "fourteen years" and substituting the following-

"life".

Explanatory Memorandum

The object of this Bill is to increase the maximum sentence for

kidnapping from 14 years' imprisonment to life imprisonment.

2. This Bill will not involve any significant additional Government

expenditure or public service staffing requirement.

sestion 42.

(Cap. 212.)

二、

一九八二年侵害人身罪(修訂)法案

摘要說明

本法案之目的在將綁票罪之最高刑期由監禁十四年提高至終身監禁。

本法案對政府經費及人手需求,並無任何重大影響。