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Continuance of an offence.

Limitation of time for prosecution of summary offences.

Forfeiture

of ships and

vehicles.

IMMIGRATION BILL

(b) any requirement made under section 4(1), (3), (5) or (6), section 5(8), section 10(2), section 11(3) or section 13(1);

(c) any directions given under section 4(7), section 20(1) or

section 21(2); or

(d) any condition imposed under section 9,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars.

41. Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 40 consisting of a contravention of section 12(1) and the contraven- tion continues after the conviction, then, unless he has a reasonable excuse for the continuance of the contravention, he shall be guilty of a further offence under section 40 and shall be liable on con- viction to be punished accordingly.

42. A complaint may be made or an information laid in respect of an offence under this Ordinance punishable only on summary conviction within two years from the time when the matter of such complaint or information respectively arose.

43. (1) Where the captain of a ship not exceeding to hundred and fifty gross tons is guilty of an offence under section 33(4) or section 34, the ship shall be liable to forfeiture, whether or not the captain is convicted in respect of such offence.

(2) Any vehicle which has been used in the commission of—- (a) an offence under section 33(1); or

(b) an offence under section 90(1) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance where the arrestable offence which a person has committed is an offence under section 33(1) of this Ordinance,

shall be liable to forfeiture, whether or not any person has been convicted in respect of such offence.

(3) Within twenty-one days of the seizure of any ship or vehicle which appears to him to be liable to forfeiture under sub- section (1) or subsection (2), the Director may serve notice of such seizure on the owner of the ship or vehicle:

Provided that where there is more than one owner of a ship or vehicle it shall be sufficient for the purposes of this sub- section to give notice to one of the owners.

(4) A notice under subsection (3) shall be deemed to have been duly served if—

(a) it is delivered to the person on whom it is to be served;

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