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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 240.-The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 6th August, 1914:—
A BILL
ENTITLED
Short title.
Deportation
of persons generally: procedure.
Amendment of section 4 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1912 as enacted by section 2 of Ordinance
No. 10 of 1913.
An Ordinance to amend the Deportation Ordi-
nances, 1912 and 1913.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Deportation Ordinance, 1914, and shall be read and construed as one with the Deportation Ordinances, 1912 and 1913, and this Ordinance and the said Ordinances may be cited together as the Deportation Ordinances, 1912-1914.
2. Section 4 of the Deportation Ordinance, 1912, as enacted by section 2 of the Deportation Ordinance, 1913, is hereby amended as follows:-
(.) by the repeal of sub-section (1) thereof and by the substitution therefor of the following sub- section :-
"4.-(1.). Whenever it shall appear to the Governor that there are reasonable grounds for enquiry as to whether any person should be deported, the Governor may issue a warrant 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 ;
(c.) 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 under the provisions of section 11 of this 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 such 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.
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