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3.
The use
Youch a
power, and
very probably the
power itself, would be
hard to reconcile with
Article 5 BOR, which prohibits arbitrary detention, Given that the statutay power
statutay power in Hang kang
detain without charge
having committed murder
an
to
a person who is suspected of matter of probably
laots
a
hows (ar a few days at mast), it is hard to see how such
arbitrary power in relation to illegal immigrants could be defended
on the grounds of operational
necessity.
Section 32(4) would look much more ac
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acceptable if power of executie defertar were substantially reduced to a period comparable to that permitted to the police in relation to suspects, with longer peiods of detentar requiring the anthonty of a
coust.
The footnote to
convey
I am
para
6 does not adequately
the extent of the power in section 32(4).
puzzled by para 7(6), concerning
This is, I tchère
secten 13D of the ordinance. This is,
the section on
VBP which was amended
Cafter substantial debate between
Hk G and
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