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Powers of persons in charge of authorized
vessels.
Power to make regulations.
CAP. 115]
Immigration
[1979 Ed.
(2) Where the officer in command of one of Her Majesty's ships of war or auxiliary ships has reason to suspect that any ship is being or has been used in the commission of an offence under section 38(1) or, while it is in force, Part VIIA or Part VIIB or that any person on board such a ship is seeking to land in contravention of section 38(1)(a), such officer and any person under his command may-- (Amended, 42 of 1979, s. 7 and 61 of 1979, s. 6)
(a) seize the ship and detain it until it can be delivered to an
immigration officer or police officer;
(aa) tow or otherwise move the ship; and (Added, 61 of 1979,
s. 6)
(b) detain any person found on the ship until he can be delivered into the custody of an immigration officer or police officer.
(3) Any such officer and any person under his command may-
(a) stop and forcibly board any ship which he is einpowered
to board and scarch;
(b) remove by force any person or thing obstructing any boarding, search, seizure or detention which he is em- powered to make;
(c) detain any person found on any ship which he is cm-
powered to search until it has been searched.
58A. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the captain or person in charge of any vessel, or any vessel belonging to a class or description of vessels authorized by the Governor for the purposes of this section, and any person under the command of such captain or person may exercise respectively the powers con- ferred by section 58 on an officer in command of any of Her Majesty's ships of war and on any person under the command of such officer.
(2) Without prejudice to section 51, the Governor may give directions to any person with respect to the exercise of any powers under this section, either generally or in any particular case.
(3) A person shall, in the exercise of any powers under this section, comply with any directions given by the Governor under subsection (2).
(Added, 61 of 1979, s. 7)
59. The Governor in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes--
(a) providing for any matter or thing which is to be or may
be prescribed under this Ordinance;
(b) the issue, in such form as the Director of Immigration may determine, of certificates of identity, emergency
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