THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 21, 1914.
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2. Section 4 of the Deportation Ordinance, 1912, as Deportation enacted by section 2 of the Deportation Ordinance, 1913, is of persons hereby amended as follows :—
generally; procedure.
(a.) by the repeal of sub-section (1) thereof and by Amendment the substitution therefor of the following sub- of section 4 section :-
the
of Ordinance No. 9 of 1912
"4.—(1.) Whenever it shall appear to as enacted
Governor
are that there
reasonable by section 2
of Ordinance grounds for enquiry as to whether any person No. 10 of should be deported, the Governor may issue 1913. a warrant in Form No. 1 in the Schedule authorizing the Captain Superintendent of Police to arrest and detain such person for a period not exceeding 6 days."
(b) by the addition thereto of the following new
sub-section :-
"(12.) The provisions of this section shall not apply-
(a.) in the case of any person whom it may be desirable to deport under the provisions of section 3 of this Ordinance ;
(b.) in the case of any person whom it may be desirable to deport under the provisions of section 5 of this Ordinance ;
(e.) in the case of any person whom it may be desirable to deport under the provisions of section 9 of this Ordinance ;
(d) in the case of any person who is prohibited from residing or being in the Colony of this under the provisions of section 11 Ordinance;
(e.) in the case of any person who is in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council a natural-born or naturalized subject of His Majesty save and except that the provisions of of this section shall apply in the case of any person who in the opinion of the Governor-in- Council was born in the Colony of parents neither of whom was a British subject unless suel person has obtained a certificate of his British birth or is registered in a British Con- sulate in China as a person entitled to British protection in China: Provided that any De- portation Order issued under the provisions of this paragraph shall be forthwith reported to the Secretary of State.
3. Section 8 of the Deportation Ordinance, 1912, is Amendment hereby amended as follows:-
(a.) by the deletion of the words--
of section 8
of Ordinance
No. 9 of
1912.
in
"and provided also that in any case "which the person, when brought before a Magistrate on any such charge, pleads guilty
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"thereto, the Magistrate may deal summarily
"with the case and sentence such person to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year"-
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at the end of sub-section (1) thereof, and by the substitution therefor of the words--
"and provided also that in any case in "which the person is brought before a Magis- "trate on any such charge the Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, deal summarily with the case "and sentence such person to imprisonment "for any term not exceeding one year": (b.) by the deletion of the words—
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“provided that in any case in which the prisoner when brought before a Magistrate on any such charge, pleads guilty thereto, "it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to deal "summarily with the case, instead of commit- ting the prisoner for trial at the Supreme "Court
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at the end of sub-section (2) thereof, and by the substitution therefor of the words--
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