Amendment of section 42.
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""document of identity" means a document
issued by the Director of Immigration
for the purpose of visa endorsement
to a person who is not the holder of,
and is unable to obtain, a valid travel
document;".
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3. Section 42 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (4)(a) by deleting "7 years" and substituting
the following
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"14 years".
Amendment of section 57.
4.
Section 57(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended
by inserting after "56(1)" the following
"or (1A)".
2.
Explanatory Memorandum
This Bill has three objects.
Amongst the documents issued by the Director of
Immigration for travel purposes are documents known as
"certificates of identity" and "documents of identity".
Forgery and fraud in relation to such documents are the
subject of offences created by section 42 of the principal
Ordinance, but the ordinance does not define either
"certificate of identity" or "document of identity".
insertion of the appropriate definitions, which is the
first object of the Bill, is effected by clause 2.
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