RESTRICTED
TO FACILITATE PROSECUTION OF OFFENCES.
CLAUSE 3 ALLOWS FOR
FORFEITURE OF THE VESSEL WHERE A MASTER OR OWNER
IS GUILTY OF AN OFFENCE.
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8. THE SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (AMENDMENT)BILL, 1979.
THIS ADDS A NEW PENAL PROVISIONS TO THE SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL
ORDINANCE UNDER WHICH ANY PERSON WHO WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE,
DISABLES, ABANDONS, SCUTTLES OR BEACHES ANY VESSEL WITHIN
HONG KONG WATERS COMMITS AN OFFENCE FOR WHICH HE MAY BE FINED
UP TO HK DOLLARS 200,000 AND SENT TO PRISON FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS.
THE BILL ALSO INCREASES THE PENALTIES TO A SIMILAR LEVEL FOR
THE OFFENCE OF ENDANGERING THE SAFETY OF PERSONS CARRIED ON A
VESSEL.
9.
THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 1979.
THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE SPECIFIES THAT A PERSON WHO IS REFUSED
PERMISSION TO LAND IN HONG KONG MAY NOT BE REMOVED BY AN
IMMIGRATION OFFICER AFTER THE EXPIRY OF TWO MONTHS. THE
PRESENT BILL REMOVES THE TWO MONTHS LIMIT SO THAT PERSONS
PREVIOUSLY RESIDENT IN VIETNAM CAN BE REMOVED AFTER A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME AND DETAINED IN THE MEANTIME.
OWEN
BY TELEGRAPH
BONN
OSLO
UKMIS GENEVA
UKMIS NEW YORK
BIS NEW YORK WASHINGTON
BRUSSELS
UKREP EEC BRUSSELS UKDEL NATO BRUSSELS
COPENHAGEN
THE HAGUE
LISBON
ROUTINE TO
. BANGKOK JAKARTA
MANILA
PEKING TOKYO CANBERRA
[ IMMEDIATE)
LUXEMBOURG
ROME
BERNE
DUBLIN
MADRID
STOCKHOLM
[FRIORITY]
SEOUL
KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
HONG KONG
BTC HONG KONG
VIENNA
ISLAMABAD RANGOON VIENTIANE OTTAWA
NEW DELHI
AND SAVING TO CERTAIN OTHER POSTS
FCO/WHITEHALL DISTRIBUTION
OID
3
RESTRICTED
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
GUIDANCE