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Ord. No. 79 of 1995
HONG KONG COURT OF FINAL APPEAL
Item Enactment Amendment


11. Public Service
Commission
Ordinance
(Cap. 93)
In section 2, by repealing “Judicial Service” and substituting “Judicial Officers Recommendation”.
12. Inland Revenue
Ordinance
(Cap. 112)
In section 69(7), by repealing “Privy Council” and substituting “Court of Final Appeal”.
13. Criminal
Procedure
Ordinance
(Cap. 221)
(a) In section 83P, by adding—
“(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that this section also applies in a case where an appeal has been heard and determined by the Court of Final Appeal.”.

(b) By repealing section 83R(2).

(c) By repealing section 83U(1) and (2) and substituting—

“(1) A defendant shall be entitled to be present at the hearing of an application for leave to appeal and an appeal unless the Court of Appeal, where it considers it necessary in the interests of justice or public order or security to do so, orders otherwise.”.

(d) By repealing section 83ZA.

(e) In section 84B(4)(b), by repealing “special leave to appeal to the Privy Council” and substituting “leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal”.

(f) In section 84B(4)(c), by repealing “Privy Council” and substituting “Court of Final Appeal”.

(g) In section 84B(5)—

(i) by repealing “Privy Council” and substituting “Court of Final Appeal”;
(ii) by repealing “special leave” wherever it appears and substituting “leave”.
14. Magistrates
Ordinance
(Cap. 227)
(a) In section 113A, by adding—
“(4) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that this section also applies in a case where an appeal has been heard and determined by the Court of Final Appeal.”.

(b) In section 118(1)(e), by adding “of the Supreme Court” after “Justice” where it twice appears.

15. Compulsory
Service Ordinance
(Cap. 246)
In section 5(b), by repealing “the Puisne Judges” and substituting “judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the Supreme Court”.
16. Control of
Obscene and
Indecent Articles
Ordinance
(Cap. 390)
In section 31(b), by adding “of the Supreme Court” after “Justice” where it twice appears.
17. Pension Benefits
(Judicial Officers)
Ordinance
(Cap. 401)
(a) In section 6—
(i) in subsection (1)
(A) by renumbering the existing paragraph (a) as paragraph (aa);
(B) by adding, before paragraph (aa)—
(a) the Chief Justice or a permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal is when he attains the age of 65 years unless he is appointed under section 14(2)(b) or (c) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (79 of 1995) in which case his age at the expiration of his term of 3 years shall be regarded as the normal retirement age;”;