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24.
Section 43(2) states that any person declared a prohibited immigrant may appeal to the Governor who may confirm or cancel such a declaration, and whose decision shall be final.
25. There is no special provision for British subjects in this Ordinance.
Gilbert & Ellice Islands Colony: the Deportation (Immigrant British Subjects) Ordinance 1968
26. Section 3(1) states the occasions when the Resident Commissioner-in-Council may make a deportation order in respect of an immigrant British subject who does not belong to the Colony. (As from 1 January 1972 the Resident Commissioner will be restyled the Governor).
27.
Section 4 states that if a court has not recommended that a deportation order should be made in the case of a convicted person, no deportation order shall be made except where the Senior Magistrate has made a report on the case in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 and the Resident Commissioner is satisfied that the order may reference to hiproperly be made Further special provisions exist for
immigrant British subjects in Section 2(4) inasmuch as the permission of the Secretary of State must be obtained C's discretion before a deportation order may be issued in respect of an
immigrant British subject who has been ordinarily resident in the Colony for more than the following periods:-
court without
prejudice to
notice to show cause why ap
order should not be made
a.
c.
in the case of an undesirable person, a period of 4 years;
in the case of a convicted person, a period of 2 years;
in the case of a destitute person, a period of one year.
Montserrat:
the Undesirable Persons Expulsion Act 1920
Section 3 empowers the Governor to make an expulsion no appeal frorder in the case of a person not born in the Colony if this procedurit appears to the Governor-in-Council that it is
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expedient for the peace and good order of the Colony that an expulsion order be made. There are, however, special provisions in that this Section shall not apply to a British subject who is domiciled in the Colony or who has been resident therein for the previous 12 months; and that before the Governor-in-Council considers the making of a deportation order in respect of such a person, that person shall be given an opportunity to state his case before the Governor or some other person appointed for the purpose.
29. Section 5 gives the Governor powers of summary arrest and deportation.
Section 8, however, defines the grounds on which an appeal is possible against the orders as stated in Sections 3 and 5.
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