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Draft Bills.

No. S. 371.-The following bills are published for general information:-

[No. 35:-9.10.31.-1.]

.S.O.

A BILL

Short title.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 10 of 1886, s. 14.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Peace Preserva-

tion Ordinance, 1886.

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 Peace Preserva- tion Amendment Ordinance, 1931.

2. Section 14 of the Peace Preservation Ordinance. 1886, is amended by the addition after the word “Ordi- nance at the end thereof of the following words :-

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"or in respect of any act, matter or thing done during the continuance of any proclamation bereto- fore or hereafter issued under this Ordinance, or within the period of five days before the date of any such proclamation, if done in good faith, and done or purported to be done in the execution of his duty or for the public safety or for the defence of the Colony or for the enforcement of discipline or otherwise in the public interest, if such person be a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Crown in any capacity, whether naval, military, air-force, or civil, or be a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Government of the Colony in any capacity, or be a person acting under the authority of a person so holding office or so employed, or be a public officer, a member of the Volunteer Defence Corps, a member of the Hong Kong Police Reserve, or a special constable.”

Objects and Reasons.

This Ordinance strengthens the indemnity provision, section 14, of the principal Ordinance by the addition of words taken mainly from section 3 of the Indemnity Ordinance No. 18 of 1922.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

October, 1931.