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(4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 17.)
(44 of 1902)
Deportation (British Subjects).
been ordinarily resident in any other part of His Majesty's dominions or any territory under His Majesty's protection continuously for a period of seven years or more; or
(c) has the status of a British subject by reason of the unrevoked grant by the Governor of a certificate of naturalization under the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, or the Naturalization Ordinance, 1902; or
(d) is the wife of a person to whom any of the foregoing paragraphs applies not living apart from such person under a decree of a competent court or a deed of separation; or
(e) is the child, stepchild or adopted child having been adopted in a manner recognized by law, under the age of eighteen years, of a person to whom any of the foregoing paragraphs applies.
(3) For the purposes of this Ordinance a person shall be deemed to be an immigrant British subject if at the date of the service upon him of a notice under section 5, or, in the case of a convicted person, the date upon which he is charged with the offence, he is a British subject and has been resident in the Colony, immediately preceding the service of the notice or the charge, for less than the following periods and not otherwise, unless the approval of the Secretary of State shall have been given to the making of a deportation order in respect of such person at any time before it is made-
5 of 1987, s. 2.
Power to make deportation orders.
9 of 1950, Schedule.
(a) in the case of a prohibited immigrant, a period of three months;
(b) in the case of a convicted person or of an undesirable person a period of two years; and
(c) in the case of a destitute person, a period of one year:
Provided that in determining whether any person is an immigrant British subject, any period during which a deportation order made under this Ordinance has been in force as respects that person shall not be taken into account.
3. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Governor in Council may, if he thinks fit, make a deportation order in respect of an immigrant British subject who does not belong to the Colony and who is-
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