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to enter into a recognizance in the prescribed form in such amount and with such number of sureties as the Director may reasonably require.
(9) The Director of Immigration may exempt any person or any class or description of persons from compliance with all or any of the prescribed conditions of stay.
(10) Any permission given to a person to land or remain in Hong Kong shall, if in force on the day that person departs from Hong Kong, expire immediately after his departure. (Added 31 of 1984 s. 3)
12. Special provisions as to giving of permission to land to members of ship's crew
An immigration officer or immigration assistant may permit a person who is a member of the crew of a ship and does not enjoy the right of abode in Hong Kong, or does not have the right to land in Hong Kong by virtue of section 8(1), to land in Hong Kong notwithstanding that he has not been examined under section 4(1)(a); and in any such case notice of any condition of stay imposed in respect of such person shall be deemed to have been given to that person if it is given to the captain of the ship or the owners or agents of the ship.
(Amended 15 of 1980 s. 10; 31 of 1987 s. 11)
13. Authority for illegal immigrant to remain
The Director may at any time authorize a person who landed in Hong Kong unlawfully to remain in Hong Kong, subject to such conditions of stay as he thinks fit, whether or not he has been convicted of that offence, and section 11(5), (5A) and (6) shall apply to him as it applies to a person who has been given permission to land in Hong Kong under section 11(1).
(Amended 57 of 1972 s. 5; 31 of 1987 s. 12)
PART IIIA
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
13A. Special conditions of stay regarding Vietnamese refugees
(1) An immigration officer or a chief immigration assistant may permit any person-
(a) who was previously resident in Vietnam and who has been examined under section 4(1)(a); or