Police Act (Cap. 164)
Police Act (Cap. 164), article 50
50. (1) The Attorney General may, at any time, either ex officio
or on an application by the Commis sioner, revoke a person’s pro tected
witness status under article 41( a) or ( b) where it results that that
person is not abiding by the conditions of the programme or tha t his
evidence or version of the facts, or any circumstances indicate d by him
as corroborating evidence, are manifestly false.
(2) The protected witness status r eferred to in sub-article (1) may
also be revoked as provided in that sub-article where the perso n
enjoying that status commits during the period of the programme , or is
reasonably suspected of having committed, during that period, a ny
other crime punishable with imprisonment for more than three ye ars
and not being a crime of an involuntary nature.
Revocation of
status of protected
witness.
Cap. 9.
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