DEPORTATION.
No. 25 of 1917.
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No. 25 of 1917.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to [Originally the deportation of undesirable persons.
[12th October, 1917.]
No. 25 of 1917.
No. 19 of 1921. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Deportation Ordinance, 1917.
2. In this Ordinance, (a) "British subject" includes a natural-born British subject and a person naturalized under an Imperial Act or under an Ordinance of the Colony.
(b) "Legal proceeding" includes every civil and criminal proceeding before any court, every proceeding before any other tribunal established by law, and every arbitration.
3.--(1) The Governor in Council may at any time summarily issue a deportation order against-
(a) any person who has been convicted of an offence under section 9; or
(b) any person who has been convicted in the Colony of any offence, other than an offence under section 9, and who in the opinion of the Governor in Council is not a British subject; or
(c) any person who has been imprisoned in this Colony in pursuance of a sentence imposed by His Majesty's Supreme Court for China.
(2) On any occasion which the Governor in Council may consider to be an occasion of emergency or public danger, the Governor in Council may summarily issue a deportation order against any person who in his opinion is an alien, if he deems it to be conducive to the public good that such an order should be issued.
(3) A deportation order issued under this section may be in Form No. 7 in the Schedule.
(4) The procedure prescribed in section 4 shall not apply to deportation orders made under the provisions of this section and such orders may be made upon such information or summary inquiry as the Governor in Council may think sufficient.
* As amended by No. 19 of 1921 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
Schedule. Form No. 7.