:
Repeal of Ordinances No. 8 of
1934, No. 23 of 1935 and
No. 20 of 1940.
Commence- ment.
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(2) Any expulsion order under sub-section (1) shall have the effect of authorizing any Police or Immigration Officer to arrest and detain the offender and to do all such other acts as may be necessary to enable such person to be expelled from the Colony by such. vessel or route as the Commissioner of Police or the Immigration Officer may determine.
23. The Immigration and Passports Ordinance, 1934, and the Immigration and Passports Amendment Ordinances, 1935 and 1940 are repealed.
24. This Ordinance shall come into force on such date as the Governor may appoint by Proclamation.
SCHEDULE.
[ss. 12, 18 and 20]
Nature of Document.
Entry Permit (valid for 6 months)
Fee.
$
2.00
Entry Permit (valid for 2 years)
6.00
Frontier Pass (valid for one year)
2.00
Certificate of four years' Residence (valid for 5 years)
10.00
Certificate of ten years' Residence (valid for 5 years)
5.00
Passport (valid for 5 years)
10.00
Travel document. (valid for journey or period stated
therein)
4.00
Renewal of Passport, for each year of renewal
2.00
Endorsement of Passport, otherwise than at the time of
issue or renewal
4.00
Transit visa, normal fee
1.10
Entry visa, normal fee
11.00
In the case of visas granted to nationals of those countries which charge British subjects visa fees in excess of those quoted above, reciprocal charges will be enforced, converted at the following rates of exchange:-
Hong Kong $0.80
Hong Kong $1.50
Hong Kong $4.75
Hong Kong $1.30
*
1 shilling (sterling)
1 shilling (gold)
U.S. $1.
1 franc (gold)
Objects and Reasons.
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1. The object of this Bill is to repeal the Immigration and Passports Ordinance, No. 8 of 1934, and to replace it by an Ordinance which will carry out a recommendation of the Excess Population Reduction Committee as elaborated in A Scheme for the Control of Immigration into Hong Kong" prepared by Mr. S. M. Middlebrook of the Malayan Civil Service temporarily seconded to Hong Kong for advice on immigration questions.
2. Although China issues passports to its nationals very few of such nationals possess them, and indeed even very few of the nationals of European countries found it necessary to have them for entry into the Colony until the enactment of the Passports Ordinance, No. 35 of 1923 (since repealed and replaced by Ordinance No. 8 of 1934).
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