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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

香港立法局

12 July 1989

·九八九年七月十二日

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officers are defined as "authorized officers" in clause 2. They should have power to search and arrest persons suspected of committing offences under the Bill as they do in respect of other Ordinances within their jurisdiction. Police officers already have such powers under the Police Force Ordinance. The new clause 33 extends the search and arrest powers given to customs officers under the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance to offences under the Bill.

With these remarks, Sir, I beg to move.

Question proposed, put and agreed to.

Clause read the Second time.

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, I move that new clause 33 be added to the

Bill.

Proposed addition

New clause 33

By adding after clause 32 -

"Customs and Excise Service Ordinance Second Schedule amended

33. The Second Schedule to the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap. 342) is amended by adding at the end thereof -

"Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds)

Ordinance 1989 (____ of 1989)".".

Question on the addition of the new clause proposed, put and agreed to.

Schedule 1 was agreed to.

Schedule 2

劉健儀議員致辭:主席先生,我謹此動議根據已送交各位議員的文件所載措辭,修訂附表2。