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OFFICIAL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting of 22nd May 1963
RESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (PRESIDENT)
SIR ROBERT BROWN BLACK, GCMG, OBE
HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL RICHARD WALTER CRADDOCK, CB, CBE, DSO
COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES
THE HONOURABLE EDMUND BRINSLEY TEESDALE, MC
COLONIAL SECRETARY
THE HONOURABLE MAURICE HEENAN, QC
ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE HONOURABLE JOHN CRICHTON MCDOUALL
SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS
THE HONOURABLE JOHN JAMES COWPERTHWAITE, OBE
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
DR THE HONOURABLE DAVID JAMES MASTERTON MACKENZIE, CMG, OBE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
THE HONOURABLE ALEC MICHAEL JOHN WRIGHT
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
THE HONOURABLE GEOFFREY MARSH TINGLE
DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES
THE HONOURABLE DHUN JEHANGIR RUTTONJEE, OBE
THE HONOURABLE FUNG PING-FAN, OBE
THE HONOURABLE RICHARD CHARLES LEE, OBE
THE HONOURABLE KWAN CHO-YIU, OBE
THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM CHARLES GODDARD KNOWLES
THE HONOURABLE SIDNEY SAMUEL GORDON
THE HONOURABLE LI FOOK-SHU, OBE
MR GORDON ERIC MATHER (Deputy Clerk of Councils)
ABSENT:
THE HONOURABLE PETER DONGHUE
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
THE HONOURABLE KAN YUET-KEUNG, OBE
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MINUTES
The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 8th May 1963, were confirmed.
PAPERS
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by Command of His Excellency the Governor, laid upon the table the following papers: —
Subject LN No
Immigration (Control and Offences) Ordinance, 1958.
Immigration (Control and Offences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1963 ...................................................................................... 50
Distress for Rent Ordinance.
Distress for Rent (Amendment of Fees) Order, 1963 ................... 51
Prisons Ordinance, 1954.
Prison (Amendment) (No 2) Rules, 1963 ..................................... 52
Training Centres Ordinance, 1953.
Training Centres (Amendment) Regulations, 1963 ...................... 53
Registration of Persons Ordinance, 1960.
Registration of Persons (Re-registration) (No 18) Order, 1963 54
Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance.
Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment of First Schedule) Regulations, 1963 ................................................................. 55
Registration of Persons Ordinance, 1960.
Registration of Persons (Re-registration) (No 19) Order, 1963 56
SCHEDULE OF WRITE-OFFS FOR THE FINANCIAL
YEAR 1962/63
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY moved the following resolution: —
Resolved that the Write-offs for the financial year 1962/63, as set out in the Schedule, be approved.
He said: Sir, the schedule to the resolution comprises those write-offs approved by Finance Committee during the last Financial Year which require the covering approval of this Council.
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I should perhaps refer to one item in the schedule, namely the loss of drugs from the Kowloon Hospital Dispensary. Exhaustive enquiries have failed to reveal how these drugs came to be missing or what happened to them. Certain shortcomings in store-keeping procedures were, however, disclosed, and action has been taken to rectify them.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded.
The question was put and agreed to.
PRISONS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 1963
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the First reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Prisons Ordinance, 1954".
He said: Sir, the purpose of this Bill is to repeal section 26 of the Prisons Ordinance, 1954 (No 17 of 1954), which deals with the proportionate reduction of a term of imprisonment imposed in respect of the non-payment of a sum of money, other than a sum of money ordered to be paid by way of compensation or amends. This section, Sir, is unnecessary since section 115 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, and section 36 of the Magistrates Ordinance deal in somewhat modified forms with the same matter. As the subject is properly one of criminal procedure and not one of control of prisons it is considered expedient that the provision should be removed from the Prisons Ordinance.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded.
The question was put and agreed to.
The Bill was read a First time.
Objects and Reasons
The "Objects and Reasons" for the Bill were stated as follows: —
The purpose of this Bill is to repeal section 26 of the Prisons Ordinance, 1954, which deals with reduction of imprisonment on paying portion of fine, since this has been dealt with, in slightly modified form, by section 115 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Chapter 221, as amended by the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 (No 12 of 1960), and by section 36 of the Magistrates Ordinance, Chapter 227.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 1963
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance, Chapter 94".
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL seconded.
The question was put and agreed to.
The Bill was read a Second time.
Council then went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause. Clauses 1 to 7 were agreed to.
Council then resumed.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY reported that the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Bill, 1963, had passed through Committee without amendment and moved the Third reading.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL seconded.
The question was put and agreed to.
The Bill was read a Third time and passed into law.
ANIMALS (CONTROL OF EXPERIMENTS) BILL, 1963
DR D. J. M. MACKENZIE moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to provide for the control of experiments on living vertebrate animals".
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded.
The question was put and agreed to.
The Bill was read a Second time.
Council then went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause. Clauses 1 to 17 were agreed to.
Council then resumed.
DR D. J. M. MACKENZIE reported that the Animals (Control of Experiments) Bill, 1963, had passed through Committee without amendment and moved the Third reading.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded.
The question was put and agreed to.
The Bill was read a Third time and passed into law.
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ADJOURNMENT
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR: —That concludes the business for today, gentlemen. When is it your pleasure that we should meet again?
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: —Sir, may I suggest this day two weeks.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR: —Council stands adjourned until this day two weeks.
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