ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 7 years.
Resident British citizens and Resident U.K. belongers enjoy the right to land and to remain in Hong Kong free of conditions of stay, freedom from removal but are deportable under limited specified circumstances
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Aliens lawfully in Hong Kong may be deported, by order of the Governor in Council, only if they have been convicted of a serious offence against the law, or if the Governor in Council deems their deportation to be conducive to the public good.
However, any person
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There is no right to have cases reviewed. who is the subject of a deportation order may petition the Governor at any time to have the order rescinded.
68. The Governor may make a removal order against an alien requiring him to leave Hong Kong if he is an undesirable immigrant who has been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for less than three years. There is no right of review or representation in these cases. However a removal order ceases to have effect once it has been executed.
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69. The courts in Hong Kong are presided over by members of Judiciary headed by the Chief Justice. The courts comprise the Supreme Court which consists of the Court of Appeal with 10 Justices of Appeal, the High Court with 22 High Court Judges, a Registrar, 2 Deputy Registrars and 3 Assistant Registrars. There is also the District Court with 37 District Judges and a Magistracy with 8 Principal Magistrates 49 Magistrates and 9 Special Magistrates. There is also a Lands Tribunal, of which the Chief Justice is President, one District Judge is Presiding Officer and there is one Member. Death inquiries are held by 2 Coroners. There is a Labour Tribunal with 7 Presiding Officers and a Small Claims Tribunal with 6 Adjudicators. Indictable offences are normally heard in the High Court before a judge and a jury of seven lay persons. Cases in the District Court and Magistracy are heard before the District Judge or Magistrate sitting alone with one exception. that a Magistrate from overseas for the first six months will sit with a lay assessor who advises him on local customs and conditions.
70.
The Jury (Amendment) Ordinance enacted in 1986 permits the empanelling in civil and criminal trials of juries of up to 9 persons.
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So far as the work of the courts is concerned a constitutional
imperative is that cases must be heard in open court. Only in very exceptional circumstances can the court sit in camera (see ss. 122 &