C.S.O. 3151/26.
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A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Criminal Proce-
dure Ordinance, 1899.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Short title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal Pro- - cedure Amendment Ordinance, 1930.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 9 of 1899, s. 5.
2. Section 5 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the addition of the following sub-section thereto :-
(2) The Chief Justice may direct a special session of the court to be held, in addition to the ordinary sessions, whenever it may appear to him necessary or expedient to do
80.
Amendment
of Ordinance
No. 9 of 1899,
s. 14 (3).
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 9 of 1899,
s. 17 (2).
Amendment
of Ordinance
No. 9 of 1899, s. 30.
3. Section 14 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Ordi- nance, 1899, is amended by the addition of the follow- ing words at the end thereof :-
A
copy of any such direction shall also be transmitted by the Attorney General to the Superintendent of Prisons.
4. Section 17 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Ordi- nance, 1899, is amended by the addition after the word thereupon" in lines 4 and 5 thereof, of the follow- ing words:-
unless the person in question has been admitted to bail,
5. Section 30 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 1899, is repealed and the following section is sub- stituted therefor :-
Delivery of
copies of the indictment for service and for
30. The Registrar shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the bailiff, for service on the accused person, a copy of the indict- ment, with the notice of trial indorsed on information. the same or annexed thereto; and, if there are more accused persons than one, then as many copies as there are persons. The Registrar shall also deliver or cause to be delivered to the bailiff another copy for the information of the Superintendent of Prisons.
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