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such powers and duties as appear to Her Majesty to A.D. 1955 be expedient for purposes of the administration of the Order;
(b) for the examination of persons seeking to enter the United Kingdom by sea or air, with a view to ascertain- ing whether any provision of the Order, or any power thereby conferred, applies or ought to be exercised, and for the detention of such persons pending examination; (c) for the arrest, detention and removal from the United Kingdom of persons whose entry is prohibited by or under the Order, or who remain in the United Kingdom in contravention of conditions imposed by or under the Order, and of persons subject to deportation orders made thereunder;
(d) for requiring persons liable to be detained under the
Order to report to the police;
(e) for imposing obligations upon the owners and masters of ships and the owners and commanders of aircraft entering or leaving the United Kingdom with passengers; (f) for enabling the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations for purposes of the Order, and for applying the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, to orders or regulations so made;
(g) for such other ancillary matters as appear to Her Majesty
to be expedient for the purposes of the Order. (2) Any Order in Council made under this Act may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council made thereunder. (3) Any statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of 30 a resolution of either House of Parliament.
3.-(1) Any person who acts in contravention of, or fails to Offences and comply with, any provision of an Order in Council made under penalties. this Act, or of any orders or regulations made, conditions imposed or directions given thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence.
35 (2) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. (3) For the purposes of a trial of a person for an offence under this section, the offence shall be deemed to have been 40 committed either at the place at which it actually was committed
or at any place in which the offender may be.
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(4) In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, summary conviction" means conviction in accordance with the enactments (including enactments of the Parliament of 45 Northern Ireland) for the time being in force in Northern
Ireland relating to summary jurisdiction.
4. This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Immigrants Short title. Act, 1955.
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