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this Ordinance may arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects to be a person who-
(a) by virtue of section 7 may not land in Hong Kong without the permission of an immigration officer or immigration assistant and who lands or attempts to land without such permission; or (b) having landed in Hong Kong unlawfully, remains in Hong Kong
without the authority of the Director,
and may use such force as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose.
(2) Any person arrested under subsection (1) shall be delivered into the custody of a police officer or an immigration officer or immigration assistant as soon as practicable.
(Added 52 of 1976 s. 5. Amended 15 of 1980 s. 10)
57B. Resisting arrest by, and obstruction
of, Her Majesty's forces
(1) Any person being a person liable to arrest under section 57A (1) who resists arrest by a member of Her Majesty's forces under that subsection shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) Any person who obstructs any member of Her Majesty's forces acting in the course of his duty and for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Added 52 of 1976 s. 5)
57C. Definition of “Her Majesty's forces”
In sections 57A and 57B “member of Her Majesty's forces" includes any officer or member of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment as constituted under the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Ordinance (Cap. 199) or of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force as constituted under the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Ordinance (Cap. 198).
(Added 42 of 1979 s. 6)
58. Powers of Her Majesty's naval officers
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the officer in command of any of Her Majesty's ships of war or auxiliary ships and any person under his command may board and search any ship, not being a ship of war, which is proceeding through the waters of Hong Kong. (Amended 42 of 1979 s. 7)
(2) Where the officer in command of one of Her Majesty's ships of war or auxiliary ships has reason to suspect that any ship is being or has been used in
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