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(1) whether the Commissioner of Police should be

allowed to circumvent the clear spirit and

intent of this Ordinance by revealing an

individual's 'spent' conviction to overseas

immigration authorities;

(2) whether the Administration

feels that the

time has now come to expand the scope of the

scheme along the lines of the corresponding

British legislation; and

(3) whether the power of the magistrate to order

the conviction not to be recorded be

reinstated, a proposal which enjoys the

support of the Hong Kong Bar Association and

the Law Society of Hong Kong as well as the

Magistrates' Association?

SE CRE TARY FOR SECURITY : Sir, although strictly outside

the main point of the question, I am prepared to ensure

that the points raised by my hon. Friend are properly

together with any additional representations

considered

received from the Bar Association and the Law Society.

MR. SOHMEN: Sir, the Secretary for Security has said that

any person who applies for

a certificate of no criminal ps

conviction with a previous conviction for an offence which

is

no longer recordable is issued with a

Does the annual change in the list of

certificate.

recordable offences