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pending removal or deportation.
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the detention of such person for a period of fourteen days.
(2) If it appears to the Governor that it is desirable
that a person detained under a detention warrant should be
further detained, he may from time to time issue further
warrants in the prescribed form authorizing the detention of
such person for periods of seven days.
(3)
Any police officer may arrest a person in
respect of whom a detention warrant is in force.
(4) The Governor may at any time direct that a person
detained under a detention warrant be released.
27. (1) A person who is to be removed from Hong Kong
under section 17 may
(a) be detained under the authority of an immigration
officer until he is so removed; and
(b) if he is on board a ship or aircraft, be removed
therefrom under the like authority for detention
under this subsection.
(2) A person may be detained under the authority of the
Director pending consideration by the Governor of an appli-
cation for the making of a removal order in respect of that
person.
(3) A person in respect of whom a removal order or a
deportation order is in force may be detained under the
authority of the Colonial Secretary until he is removed from
Hong Kong under section 21.
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