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12. Section 7 of this Ordinance makes section 14 of the principal Ordinance applicable to the new sectious introduced by this Ordinance and provides for the trans- mission of full particulars to the Secretary of State in

certain cases.

13. Section 8 of this Ordinance amends the forms of detention warrant so as to extend the period of detention to correspond with the periods authorised by the new section 3 (3) and 3A (1) and amends Form No. 1 so as to correspond with the terms of the sub-section under which it is made. It amends the condition on the recognizance of bail so as to provide for surrender into police custody It also instead of surrender at the House of Detention. amends the method of completing the period which is to elapse before a deportee must leave the Colony.

14. Section 9 of this Ordinance makes a reference in section 7 of the principal Ordinance as amended by Ordi- nance No 34 of 1929 applicable to a new section intro- duced by this Ordinance.

15. Section 10 of this Ordinance repeals a sub-section of section 85 of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, which authorised the flogging of returned banishees, as this punishment is not considered suitable.

January, 1931.

C.S.O. 3094/25.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

Short title.

Insertion of new s. 78A.

in Ordinance No. 5 of 1865.

[No. 3-13.2,31.-2.]

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend further the law relating

to Larceny.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Larceny Amendment Ordinance, 1980.

2. The following heading and section are inserted in the Larceny Ordinance, 1865, immediately after section 78 thereof:-

Obtaining credit by fraud, etc.

32 & 33 Vict. c. 62, s. 13. Ordinance

No. 7 of 1891, s. 82 (5,.

Obtaining Credit by Fraud, etc.

78A. Any person shall in each of the cases following be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be liable to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding one year, that is to say:-

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(a) if in incurring any debt or liability he has obtained credit under false pretences or by means

of any other fraud; or

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