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*(2) Any sum ordered by the Registrar to be paid by way of costs under this section shall be a civil debt due from the person ordered to pay it to the Registrar and may be recovered by the Registrar in his name accordingly.
**(3) The Registrar shall pay any sum received by him in settlement of an order made under this section into the Reserve Fund.
29. Powers to prohibit departure from Hong Kong
(1) Where the Registrar, having decided to conduct an investigation under section 21, is of the opinion that a person associated with the business of the travel agent under investigation is able to assist him in connection with that investigation and is about to, or likely to, leave Hong Kong, he may issue a certificate stating that opinion and the name and last known place of abode, business or employment of such person to a magistrate, who shall on receipt of a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Registrar make an order (in this section called "a prohibition order") prohibiting such person from leaving Hong Kong.
(2) A prohibition order, any order under subsection (4) extending or renewing a prohibition order and any order under subsection (7) discharging a prohibition order shall be served by the Registrar on the Commissioner of Police, the Director of Immigration and, if he can be found, the person named in that prohibition order.
(3) Any person in respect of whom a magistrate makes a prohibition order-
(a) shall not leave or attempt to leave Hong Kong in wilful contravention of that order;
(b) who leaves or attempts to leave Hong Kong in wilful contravention of that order commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months;
(c) who commits an offence under paragraph (b) may be arrested without warrant by any immigration officer or police officer.
(4) A prohibition order shall lapse on the expiry of one month but the magistrate may, on the application of the Registrar, extend or renew the order for a period which does not exceed, with the initial period of one month and any other period of extension or renewal, 3 months.
(5) Subject to subsection (6) a person named in a prohibition order may apply to a magistrate for an order to discharge the prohibition order.
(6) A person applying under subsection (5) shall not later than 3 clear days before making that application give notice in writing to the Registrar of his intention to make such application and the time and place at which such application will be made.
* To be amended-see 70 of 1988 s. 13(a). ** To be amended-see 70 of 1988 s. 13(b).
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