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[8. 13 cont.]
Release of detained person on his entering into a recognizance. 9 of 1950, Schedule. (Cap. 227).
Conditional landing or entry. Master of vessel may detain by force. Immigrants Control.
(2) Such officer may-
(a) break open any outer or inner door of or in any such place;
(b) forcibly enter any such vessel, aircraft, train or vehicle and every part thereof;
(c) remove by force any person or material obstruction to any arrest, detention, search, seizure or removal which he is empowered to make;
(d) detain every person found in such place or on board such vessel, aircraft, train or vehicle until such place or vessel, aircraft, train or vehicle has been searched.
(3) No person shall obstruct any detention, arrest, search, seizure or removal which is authorized by this Ordinance.
14. The Immigration Officer may in the exercise of his discretion release a person detained under this Ordinance upon his entering into a recognizance with or without sureties, for a reasonable amount recoverable summarily as a civil debt under the Magistrates Ordinance to appear before the Immigration Officer for further inquiries at the time and place mentioned in such recognizance or in the case of the person detained being a person recently arrived in the Colony for the return of such person to the place whence he came. The liberty granted after recognizance shall be subject to such conditions of residence and report as the Immigration Officer thinks fit.
15. The Immigration Officer may by order, notice or otherwise impose such conditions either general or special in or upon the occasion of or subsequent to any permit granted to an immigrant to enter, whether for the purpose of residence, sojourn or transient visit or for transhipment at a port in the Colony and may at any time vary or add to these conditions as he thinks fit.
16. A master of a vessel may use all reasonable means, including force and restraint, to secure the continued presence on board of any person who has not been permitted to enter and while such person is so detained he shall be deemed to be in legal custody.
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