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CONFIDENTIAL

BY DIPLOMATIC BAG

香港下亞麻舉道

*K OUR Ref :

CR 3/3222/88(91) Pt.2

來函檔號 YOUR REF:

Mr Peter Ricketts

Head of

Hong Kong Department

FCO

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

14 April 1992

Annex E

seems not to have

been sent

واوسه

Reen Mr Ricketts,

Judicial Officers (Security of Tenure) Bill

Proposed Amendments to the Letters Patent, Colonial Regulations and Disciplinary Proceedings

(Colonial Regulations) Regulations

The purpose of this letter is to seek

(a)

(b)

2.

The and other

your agreement to amend the Letters Patent (LP), Colonial Regulations' (CR) and Disciplinary Proceedings (Colonial Regulations) Regulations (DP (CR) R) to enable the Judicial Officers (Security of Tenure) Bill at Annex A to be passed by the Legislative Council; and

your advice whether there is any objection to the Bill being put to the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.

purpose of the Bill is to provide magistrates judicial officers other than judges with security tenure similar to that enjoyed by judges. The background the Bill and the details of the proposed amendments to the LP, CRS, and DP (CR) Rs are set out below.

of

to

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