IMMIGRATION BILL
shall thereupon be deemed to be a person seeking to land in Hong Kong; and an immigration officer may examine him under section 3(1)(a) within twenty-eight days thereafter or, if at that time he is detained in pursuance of the sentence or order of any court, within twenty-eight days after his discharge from detention.
(3) Any such immigrant who, having lawfully landed in Hong Kong without the permission of an immigration officer by virtue of subsection (1)—
(a) remains in Hong Kong without the permission of an immigration officer beyond the time allowed by sub- section (1); and
(b) does not submit himself to examination under section 3(1)(a) within the period during which in accordance with subsection (2) he may be examined by an immigra- tion officer under that section,
shall on the expiry of that period be deemed for the purposes of this Ordinance to have landed in Hong Kong without the permis- sion of an immigration officer.
7. An immigration officer may permit an immigrant who is a member of the crew of a ship to land in Hong Kong not- withstanding that he has not been examined under section 3(1)(a); and in any such case notice of any condition of stay imposed in respect of the immigrant shall be deemed to have been given to such immigrant if it is given to the captain of the ship or the owners or agents of the ship.
8. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, an immigrant who ceases to be a serviceman shall thereupon be deemed to be a person seeking to land in Hong Kong; and an immigration officer may examine him under section 3(1)(a) within twenty-eight days after-
(a) he ceased to be a serviceman; or
(b) if at the time he ceased to be a serviceman he was de- tained in pursuance of the sentence or order of any court, his discharge from detention.
(2) Any such person who does not submit himself to exam- ination under section 3(1)(a) within the period during which in accordance with subsection (1) he may be examined by an im- migration officer under that section shall on the expiry of that period be deemed for the purposes of this Ordinance to have landed in Hong Kong without the permission of an immigration officer.
Special pro-
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visions as to giving of per- mission to land to members of
ship's crew.
Application of Ordinance to person who ceases to be a serviceman.