IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL
proceeds of, offences of this nature. Clause 5 accordingly provides for this and for the ancillary power to restrain the disposal of property.
Clause 6 makes it clear that officers in command of Her Majesty's ships of war and auxiliary vessels have. in addition to the existing powers to seize and detain ships under section 58 of the principal Ordin- ance, the power to tow and move ships suspected of having been or being used in the commission of certain offences.
Clause 7 provides that the Governor may authorize the captains or persons in command of other ships to exercise the powers conferred by section 58.
Section 63A of the principal Ordinance provides that in prosecutions for assisting illegal immigrants, their status as illegal immigrants may be established, until the contrary is proved, by certificates of the Director. Clause 8 extends this facility for proof to proceedings against captains and owners of ships from which illegal immigrants land or are seeking to land.
Clause 2 makes it clear that the various sanctions in the Ordinance in respect of ships, apply to all vessels of whatever description, including barges.
The enactment of this Bill will not of itself result in any additional financial or public service staffing requirements, apart from compensa- tion, which it is not possible to estimate, that may have to be paid under sections 37H and 37R.
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