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6. Section 31 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended as follows,—

(a) by deleting from the marginal note the

following words :-

of copy

(b) by the repeal of sub-section (1) thereof and by the substitution therefor of the following sub-section :-

(1) The bailiff shall, as soon as may be after having received the same, deliver to a gaoler the copy and notice for the information of the Superintendent of Prisons and to the accused himself the copy and notice for service on the accused,

of Ordinance No. 9 of 1899, s. 31.

7. Section 52 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Amendment 1899 is amended by the addition after the word of Ordinance "malice in line 2 thereof, of the following words :-

"

or pleads guilty to a charge of murder or other capital offence

No. 9 of 1899, s. 52.

8. Section 79 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinauce, Amendment 1899, is amended as follows:-

(a) Sub-section (1) is repealed and the following

sub-section is substituted therefor :-

Ordinance No. of 1930.

(1) Subject to the provisions of the Pawnbrokers Ordinance, 1930, where any person is convicted of an indictable offence, any property found in his possession, or in the possession of any other person for him, may be ordered by the court or magistrate to be delivered to the person who appears to the court or magistrate to be entitled thereto.

(b) Sub-section (2) is repealed.

of Ordinance No. 9 of 1899, s. 79.

(e) Sub-section (3) is renumbered as sub-section Insertion of

(2).

9. The following heading and section are inserted immediately after section 89 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 1899 :----

new s. 89A

in Ordinance

No. 9 of 1899.

Coercion by husband.

of coercion of married woman by husband, 15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86, s. 47.

Abolition of 89A. Any presumption of law that an presumption offence committed by a wife in the presence of her husband is committed under the coercion of the husband is hereby abolished, but on a charge against a wife for any offence other than treason or murder it shall be a good defence to prove that the offence was committed in the presence of, and under the coercion of, the husband.

10. Form No. 5 in the Schedule to the Criminal Amendment Procedure Ordinance, 1899, is repealed and the follow- ing form is substituted therefor :-

of Ordinance No. 9 of

1899, Schedule. Form No. 5,

To the

FORM No. 5.

CERTIFICATE OF SENTENCES.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG,