Amendment of section 13.
Amendment of section 13A.
Amendment of section 17B.
Amendment of section 17C.
Amendment of section 19.
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12. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended---
(a) by deleting "a person" wherever it occurs and substituting the
following-
"an immigrant";
(b) by deleting "such person" in the first place where it occurs and
substituting the following-
"he"; and
(c) by deleting "in the case of any such person" and substituting the
following-
"to him".
13. Section 13A(1)(b) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "(c)" and substituting the following-
“(b)".
14. Section 17B(1)(a) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after "his" the following--
"valid".
15. Section 17C(4)(a) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "the Commissioner of Registration or to any assistant commis- sioner, district registrar or registrar, of registration" and substituting the following-
"a registration officer".
16. Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1)(b)(iia), by inserting before "has" the following- "not being a person who enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong, or has the right to land in Hong Kong by virtue of section 8(1),";
(b) by deleting subsection (2); and
(c) in subsection (3), by deleting "a person who immediately before
1 January 1983 was”.
Amendment of section 20.
17.
Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a)
in subsection (1), by deleting "Chinese resident, a British citizen or a resident British citizen or a person who immediately before 1 January 1983 was a United Kingdom belonger or a resident" and substituting the following-
"British citizen or a";
(b) in subsection (2), by deleting "a Chinese resident, a British citizen, other than a resident British citizen, or a person who immediately before 1 January 1983 was a United Kingdom belonger," and substituting the following-
"a British citizen other than a resident British citizen, or a United Kingdom belonger"; and