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A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 21: -15.3.34.-10.]
An Ordinance to provide for the registration of certain
persons.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Registration of Short title. Persons Ordinance, 1934.
who have
2. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4) and Aliens (5), every alien who is in the Colony at the commencement to report of this Ordinance, other than an alien of Chinese race, shall to Police. report the fact in person or in writing for registration at Police Headquarters within one month of such commence- ment, unless such person shall have departed from the Colony within the said period of one month.
(2) Every alien, other than an alien of Chinese race, who arrives in the Colony or who changes his ordinary residential or business address or who is about to leave the Colony shall report the fact in person or in writing for registra- tion at Police Headquarters within seventy-two hours after every such arrival or within one week before every such change of address or intended departure, as the case may be.
(3) For the purposes of this section every person shall be deemed to be an alien unless and until he produces a certifi- cate, passport or other evidence to the satisfaction of the Inspector General of Police to the effect that he is a natural born or naturalized British subject.
(4) The Inspector General of Police may in his absolute discretion exempt in writing any person to whom this section applies from any or all of the requirements of this section. Any such exemption may be issued subject to such terms and conditions as the Inspector General of Police may see fit to impose.
(5) This section shall not apply to :--
(a) Consular Officers of foreign states and the members
of their families:
(b) The personnel of any ship which is in the waters of the Colony and passengers residing thereon;
(c) Persons not exceeding 16 years of age.
to furnish
etc.
3. (1) Every alien, other than an alien of Chinese Aliens may race or an alien exempted from liability to report under be required section 2 (4) or by section 2 (5), on being required to do certain so by any police officer either verbally or in writing, shall particulars, make a correct return of the information and particulars specified in the Schedule and shall, for such purpose, if so Schedule. required by any police officer, attend forthwith or as directed at Police Headquarters. He shall also either supply two sufficient photographs of himself or allow himself to be photographed.