DEPORTATION.
No. 25 of 1917.
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in custody such person shall remain in custody and shall be in either case deemed to be under lawful arrest and in lawful custody until he leaves the Colony.
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5A. Where any deportation order under this Ordinance is in force against any person, that person shall, unless the Governor otherwise directs, be deemed for the purposes of the order to retain his nationality as at the date of the order, notwithstanding any intervening naturalization, marriage or any other event.
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6.—(1) Whenever a deportation order shall have been issued against any person, it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he considers it desirable to do so, by order under the hand of the Colonial Secretary, to do all or any of the following things:-
(a) to order that the person against whom the deportation order has been issued shall depart from the Colony by a particular train, or by a particular ship whatever the immediate or ultimate destination of the said ship;
(b) in case it may in the opinion of the Governor be impracticable or inexpedient that such person should depart from the Colony by any train or ship by which he has been ordered to depart, to substitute as often as may be necessary another train or ship as the train or ship by which such person shall depart from the Colony;
(c) to extend from time to time the time within which such person shall depart from the Colony:
Provided that where extradition proceedings have been previously taken against any such person, and the said proceedings have resulted in the discharge of such person either by a magistrate or by the Supreme Court on habeas corpus, nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as empowering the Governor to order such person to leave the Colony by any ship the immediate destination of which is a place in the territory of the state by which the surrender of such person was demanded, or otherwise to compel such person to enter the territory of such state.
(2) Any order made under sub-section (1) shall be sufficient authority to all police officers and to the master and crew of
* As amended by No. 19 of 1921 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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