TNAG-1687-FCO40-2337-Hong-Kong-legislation-regarding-the-control-of-publications--1987 — Page 228

MAR 17 '87 16:18 TIB(OOU) HK GOVT

Gea of Emerrenoy Lai

Another point that has been made is that there is # provision

in the Thergency (Principal) Regulations which is similar to thie

provision. That is quite true, but the point about thone Regulations

is that they are not part of the Law which is normally in forOS.

They are only brought into force - and then not necessarily the whole

of them - if a state of emergency is declared. They therefore

represent no substitute for a provision on the ordinary statute book

which may have the desirable effect of deterring conduct which might

itself leed to an emergency situation.

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