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2. Old section 4 of the principal Ordinance was based on section 7 of the Truck Commission Act, 1870 (33 and 34 Vict. c. 105) and empowered commissioners to indemnify a witness from all proceedings in respect of any matter touching which he has been examined". No such indemnity can now be given under the new section, but a witness is assured of freedom from civil action arising out of his examination by sub-section (1) and is protected from indis- criminate criminal proceedings by sub-section (2) which requires the consent of the Attorney General to a prosecution.
3. Section 3 of this Ordinance inserts a new section 6 in the principal Ordinance which entitles any person whose conduct is the subject of inquiry, or who is concerned in the matter under inquiry, to be represented by counsel or a solicitor. A similar amendment appears in the Straits Settle- ments Inquiry Commissions (Amendment) Ordinance, No. 13 of 1933.
4 Both the foregoing amendments are made in con- sequence of suggestions made by the Secretary of State in his despatches of 12th July and 9th August, 1932, and the form of the Ordinance has been approved by the Secretary of State in his despatch of the 15th November, 1933.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
December, 1933.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 487.--Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hong Kong.
Place or Port.
Philippine Ports.
All ports in the United States of America, including the
Hawaiian Is- lands
Bangkok.
Nature of Measures.
Inspections outside Manila harbour from 20th April. Third class passengers and new crew must comply with the vaccination requirements.
Inspections outside the
ports from 1st April.
Steerage passengers must comply with the vaccination requirements.
Vessels detained at river mouth and passengers and crew vaccinated unless they can produce evidence of successful recent vaccination.
22nd December, 1933.
Date.
Reference to Government Notification.
16th April, 1924.
30th April, 1926.
29th October, 1926.
No. S. 301.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
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