TNAG-1212-FCO40-1515-Crimes-and-sentences-in-Hong-Kong--including-death-sentences-1982 — Page 212

A BILL

ANNEX A TO XCR(82)44

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Amend the offences against the Person 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 1982.

Amendment of section 42. (Cap. 212.)

2.

Section 42 of the principal Ordinance is amended

by deleting "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.