IMMIGRATION BILL
PART VII.
DETENTION.
22. Without prejudice to any other provision of this Ordin- ance, where any member of the Immigration Service of the rank of chief immigration inspector or above or any police officer of the rank of assistant superintendent or above is satisfied-
(a) that inquiry for the purposes of this Ordinance, other than the provisions thereof relating to deportation, is necessary in the case of any person; and
(b) that such person may abscond if he is not detained, such person may be detained for not more than seven days.
Power to
detain for inquiry.
Detention
23. A person who may be examined under section 3(1)(a) or is required to submit to further examination under section 3(1) pending may be detained under the authority of an immigration officer pending the examination and may also be detained pending a decision to give or refuse him permission to land.
24. A person who has lodged an objection under section 49(1) may be detained under the authority of the Director pend- ing the determination of the objection.
25. (1) If it appears to the Governor-
(a) that there are reasonable grounds for inquiry as to whether a person ought to be deported under section 18; and
(b) that such person should be detained for the purposes
of or during such inquiry,
he may issue a warrant in the prescribed form authorizing 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 for such purposes, 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.
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examination and decision as to landing.
Detention pending determination of objection.
Detention for inquiry as to deportation.
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