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Colonially-Revised Edition of the Law Ignored by HKSAR Government Since Transfer of Sovereignty
Before the handover, the colonial government reviewed the Crimes Ordinance 10 (1) to show the stance of common law, acts or publications with a seditious intention should “intend to cause violence or disrupt public security or cause chaos“ to be considered a crime. At that time, the pro-establishment camp has not started to participate in the drafting. The democratic camp supported the review, while then frontline Lau Wai-hing and lawmaker Margaret Ng supposed the complete abolishment of article 9 & 10.
The amendment bill was passed in LegCo in June 1997, with 23 votes for and 20 against. Yet, the government has not put the bill into effect since the handover, in addition to contradictions with Basic Law article 23, the Crimes Ordinance article 9 & 10 remain the same as the 1970 version, some articles can even be traced back to the 1938 original version.
Source: Citizen News
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Colonially-Revised Edition of the Law Ignored by HKSAR Government Since Transfer of Sovereignty
Before the handover, the colonial government reviewed the Crimes Ordinance 10 (1) to show the stance of common law, acts or publications with a seditious intention should “intend to cause violence or disrupt public security or cause chaos“ to be considered a crime. At that time, the pro-establishment camp has not started to participate in the drafting. The democratic camp supported the review, while then frontline Lau Wai-hing and lawmaker Margaret Ng supposed the complete abolishment of article 9 & 10.
The amendment bill was passed in LegCo in June 1997, with 23 votes for and 20 against. Yet, the government has not put the bill into effect since the handover, in addition to contradictions with Basic Law article 23, the Crimes Ordinance article 9 & 10 remain the same as the 1970 version, some articles can even be traced back to the 1938 original version.
Source: Citizen News
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