Text proposed by the BLDC Special Groups
(f)
Our proposed text
In the case of juvenile
persons,
the procedure shall be such as will take account of their age and the desirability of promoting their rehabilitation;
Everyone convicted
(g)
shall have the right
conviction and
reviewed by a
of a crime to his sentence being higher tribunal
according to law;
(h)
When a person has by a final decision been convicted
of a
and
when has
(i)
criminal
offence subsequently his conviction been reversed or he has been pardoned on the ground that a
or newly discovered fact shows conclusively that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who has suffered punishment as a result of such conviction shall be
compensated according to law, unless it is proved that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly attributable to him;
No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again for an offence for which he has already been finally convicted or acquitted in
accordance with the law.
6.3 The principles to be applied to the conduct of civil proceedings in the HK SAR shall be those applied previously in Hong Kong.
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