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the Governor 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 a person detained under a warrant issued under subsection (1) or this subsection
should be further detained for such purpose, he may from time to time issue further warrants in the prescribed form authorizing the detention of such person for periods of seven days.
Detention pending removal or deportation.
(3) The Governor may at any time direct that a person detained under a warrant issued under subsection (1) or subsection (2) be no longer detained thereunder.
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(1) A person who is to be removed from Hong Kong under
section 16 may
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(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 there-
from under the like authority for detention under this
subsection.
(2) A person may be detained under the authority of the
Colonial Secretary
(a) for not more than fourteen days pending the making of
an application for a removal order in respect of him; and
(b) pending consideration by the Governor of an application
for such a removal order.
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