IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
L.S.
No. 47 of 1977
I assent.
Ord. No. 47/77
A195
MURRAY MACLEHOSE,
Governor.
29th June, 1977.
An Ordinance to amend the Immigration Ordinance.
[30th June, 1977]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Immigration (Amendment) Short title. Ordinance 1977.
2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 63 Addition of the following new section--
"Evidence by certificate.
new section
63A.
63A. Where in any proceedings a person is charged (Cap. 115.) with aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring, or with conspiracy to aid, abet, counsel or procure, the commission by another of an offence under section 38(1), a certificate purporting to be signed by the Director and certifying that that other person-
(a) has not the right to land in Hong Kong under
section 8(1),
(b) is not a person who, by virtue of section 9(1) or 10(1), may land in Hong Kong without the per- mission of an immigration officer, and
(c) has not been given permission to land in Hong
Kong under section 11,
shall be admitted in evidence on its production without further proof and-
(i) until the contrary is proved it shall be presumed that the certificate was signed by the Director; and (ii) the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the
facts contained therein.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 29th day of June,
1977.
L. TSE,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
L. TSE,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.