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(3) IF IN THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANY PARTICULAR CASE
THE SECRETARY OF STATE THINKS FIT, HE MAY FOR THE PURPOSES
OF SUBSECTION (2) DO ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS,
NAMELY
(A) TREAT THE PERSON TO WHOM THE APPLICATION RELATES AS
FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (2)(A) OR SUBSECTION (2)(B), OR BOTH, ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF
DAYS ON WHICH HE WAS ABSENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IN
THE PERIOD THERE MENTIONED EXCEEDS THE NUMBER THERE
MENTIONED:
(B) DISREGARD ANY SUCH RESTRICTION AS IS MENTIONED IN
SUBSECTION (2)(C), NOT BEING A RESTRICTION TO WHICH THAT
PERSON WAS SUBJECT ON THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION:
(C) TREAT THAT PERSON AS FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENT
SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (2)(D) ALTHOUGH HE WAS IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM IN BREACH OF THE IMMIGRATION LAWS IN THE
PERIOD THERE MENTIONED.
SECTIONS 4 AND 5 ARE EXACTLY AS IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF TUR.
CARRINGTON
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LIMITED
HKGD
NTD
PS/MR RIDLEY
SIR E.YOUDE
PS/MR BLAKER
MR DONALD
MR ADAMS
PS/MR LUCE
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