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measures, an amendment bill which will propose some

substantial amendments to the Ordinance is now in the

final drafting stages.

Whilst the majority of the

proposals in the bill are aimed at improving the operation

and administration of the Ordinance, it will also contain

proposals designed to assist the Police in controlling and

investigating money lenders. In particular, the bill will

propose that the Police be given the right to enter and

search a money lender's premises and to seize documents,

and that the time limit for instituting prosecutions for

all offences under the Ordinance be extended from six

months to two years.