No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Secretary for Justice, but this subsection shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue of a warrant for the arrest, of a person for any such offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of a person charged with any such offence.
In regard to recent hearings in magistrate courts, prosecutors have requested anonymity or gag orders to protect police witnesses. W are extremely concerned with such measures...
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就本条例所订的简易程序罪行而提出的检控,只可在干犯该罪行的日期之后的2年届满前展开。
就本條例所訂的簡易程序罪行而提出的檢控,只可在干犯該罪行的日期之後的2年屆滿前展開。
jiù běn tiáo lì suǒ dìng de jiǎn yì chéng xù zuì xíng ér tí chū de jiǎn kòng , zhǐ kě zài gān fàn gāi zuì xíng de rì qī zhī hòu de 2 nián jiè mǎn qián zhǎn kāi .
A prosecution for a summary offence under this Ordinance may only be started before the end of 2 years after the date on which the offence is committed.