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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 24, 1939.

HONG KONG.

No. 7 of 1939.

I assent.

G. A. S. NORTHCOTE,

L..S.

Governor.

Short title.

New sub-

section (5) added to Ordinance No. 2 of 1865, s. 45A, as enacted by Ordin- ance No. 16 of 1938, s. 2.

24th March, 1939.

An Ordinance to amend section 45A of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, 1865, as enacted by the Offences Against the Person Amendment Ordinance, 1938.

[24th March, 1939.]

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 Offences Against the Person Amendment Ordinance, 1939.

2. Section 45A of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, 1865, as enacted by section 2 of the Offences Against the Person Amendment Ordinance, 1938, is amended by the addition of the following sub-section at the end thereof :-

(5) The consent of the person intended to be, or actually, unlawfully transferred, taken into possession, custody or control or harboured, or the receipt by such

of the person consideration, or any part thereof, shall be no defence to a charge or indictment under this section.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 23rd day of March, 1989.

B. C. K. HAWKINS,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.