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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 15, 1940.

HONG KONG.

No. 3 of 1940.

I assent.

L.S.

G. A. S. NORTHCOTE, Governor.

15th March, 1940.

Short title.

Amendment of Ordin-

ance No. 9

of 1939, s. 3.

An Ordinance to amend the Incitement to Disaffection Ordin-

ance, 1939.

[15th March, 1940.]

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 Incitement to Disaffection Amendment Ordinance, 1940.

2.-(1) Sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Incitement to Disaffection Ordinance, 1939, is amended-

(a) by the substitution of the words "judge of the Supreme Court" for the word "magistrate "in the first line thereof;

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(b) by the insertion of the words of a rank not lower than that of inspector" after the words "police officer" in the sixth line thereof;

(e) by the insertion of the words together with any other persons named in the warrant and any other police officers after the words the warrant in the seventh line thereof;

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(d) by the insertion of the words at any time within one month from the date of the warrant after the word "place" in the eighth line thereof;

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(e) by the deletion of the words as may be necessary, and" after the word place in the eighth line thereof;

(f) by the addition of the following provisos at the end thereof

: Provided that

(a) a search warrant shall only be issued in respect of an offence suspected to have been committed within the three months prior to the laying of the information thereof; and