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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 19, 1912.
Straits De- 11.-(1.) Every person lawfully banished from the portees pro- Straits Settlements or from any Native State in the hibited from Malay Peninsula which is for the time being under the residing or being within protection of the British Government is hereby prohibited · the Colony. from residing or being in the Colony during the term of such banishment unless he shall have obtained the written permission of the Governor to reside in the Colony. Any such permission may be revoked in writing by the Governor served on such person and upon such revocation the provision of this sub-section shall apply as though such permissiou had not been obtained.
Evidence.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 1 of 1882, section 13 of Ordin- ance No. 10
of 1886,
(2.) No person shall be deemed to have committed n breach of the provisions of this section if during the term of such banishment be bas resided or been within the Co- lony ou one occasion only for such period as may be rea- sonably necessary for him to make arrangements for his departure. Provided however that it shall be lawful for any police officer to arrest and detain any such person or to take such other steps as may be necessary to facilitate or to expedite his departure.
12.-(1.) For the purpose of any prosecution under the provisions of this Ordinance an order of banishment pur- porting to be signed by the Clerk of Councils of this Colony or by the Colonial Secretary or Acting Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements shall be deemed to be sufficient proof, until the contrary is shewn, of the fact and date of such banishment.
(2.) The answers given to the questions set out in Form No. 2 of the Schedule shall not be admissible in evidence
any
but banishment proceedings.
13. The Banishment and Conditional Pardons Ordinance, 1882, section 13 of the Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, section 18 of the Gambling Ordinance, 1891, and the follow- ing words in sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, uamely, the words *; and if any person, not being a natural born or naturalized British subject, who has been previously convicted of an offence under this section, again found guilty of such an offence, the Governor-in-Council may issue an order banish- ing such person from the Colony under any banishment section 12 (1) laws which may from time be in force in the Colony'
hereby repealed.
section 18 of
Ordinance
No. 2 of
1891, and
part of
of Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.
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are
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 15th day of April, 1912.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 16th day of April, 1912.
C. CLEMENTI,
Colonial Secretary.
Hongkong.
Schedule.
FORM No. 1.
Warrant for Arrest.
In Government House in the Colony of Hongkong.
To each and all of the Police Officers of the said Colo- ny and to the Superintendent of the House of Detention in the said Colony.
Information having been laid before me that
is a person who ought to be deported under the provisions of the Deportation Ordinance, 1912, and I having been satisfied that a warrant for the arrest and detention of the said
should be issued: These are there- fore to command you the said Police Officers in His Majes-
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