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機密:
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(2)
In any proceedings for an offence
under this Part or for forfeiture arising
out of such an offence, until it is proved
that a prohibited immigrant was taken on
board a ship
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(a)
without reward;
(b)
pursuant to a legal obligation
on the captain of the ship to
go to the assistance of the
prohibited immigrant; and
(c) whose first port of call was
Hong Kong,
the contrary shall be presumed.
(3) For the purposes of this
section -
(a)
"legal obligation" means an
obligation imposed by the law
of the state where the ship
is registered, pursuant to -
(i) an International Conven-
tion for the Safety of Life
at Sea which has been acceded
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