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Schedule
Form No. 2.
Schedule Form No. 3.
(2) Any person arrested under such war- rant may be detained in the custody of any officer referred to in the said warrant and may be transferred from the custody of such officer to any other such officer as often as may bo desirable.
(3) So soon as conveniently may be after the arrest of any person under any such war- rant, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or one of the Assistants to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or a District or Assistant District Officer, shall interview the person so arrested and shall ask such person the questions set forth in Form No. 2 in the Schedule: Pro- vided however, that, if such person does not in answer to the fourth question in the said form say anything in answer to the charge preferred against him or give any reason why be should not be deported, it shall not be necessary for such person to be asked to answer the fifth, sixth and seventh questions in the said form,
(4) The officer who interviews such person may, in addition to the questions specified in the said form, ask him any other questions which such officer may think desirable for the purpose of elucidating his answers or for the purpose of directing his attention to any particular which appears to such officer to require a reply or further reply.
(5) The officer who interviews such person shall take down in English, with or without the assistance of an interpreter and whether such interpreter be sworn or not, a full record of the answers given by the person interviewed to the questions asked him, and such answers so taken down by such officer shall be read over to such person and may if such person is willing so to do be signed or in other manner signified as correct by such person and by the interpreter if
be employed.
any
(6) The said officer shall place on record in a form convenient for the consideration of the Governor in Council the reports on which the allegations in the fourth question were based, the statements of witnesses and other evidence adduced by such person and any further state- ments or evidence which it becomes necessary to adduce in consequence thereof and he may from time to time adjourn the proceedings for the purpose.
(7) So soon as conveniently may be there- after the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall transmit to the Colonial Secretary a report in Form No. 3 in the Schedule for the considera- tion of the Governor in Council.
warrant
(8) A magistrate may at any time after the conclusion of the interview referred to in sub- section (3) and after the examination of the witnesses called by the person in question, or at any previous time with the consent of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, admit to bail any person in custody under any issued under this section upon such security as in the opinion of the magistrate will be sufficient to ensure the appearance and surren- der of such person at the Central Police Station at any specified date and time. The Schedule
recognizance of bail may be in Form No. 5 in Form No. 5. the Schedule.
Schedule
(9) The Colonial Secretary by direction of the Governor may by order in Form No. 6 in Form No. 6. the Schedule direct the release of any person under any such warrant as aforesaid, and on receipt of such order the Superintendent of the House of Detention shall release such person,
Detention Warrants. Schedule
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8B.-(1) A warrant in Form 1 in the Sche- dule may be used also where the summary Form No. 1. procedure authorised by section 3 (1) is adopted, provided the Governor is satisfied that detention is necessary in order that the proceedings may be completed,
Schedule
Form No. 4.
Deportation
Order
against
British
subject.
Schedule
Form No. 7.
(2) In proceedings under this Ordinance the Governor may from time to time by warrant authorise the detention of a person already in custody for a further period of seven days from the date of the expiration of the previous warrant or of the sentence as the case may be, provided the Governor is satisfied that the said person ought to be detained in order that further enquiry may be made or the existing proceedings completed. A warrant under this sub-section may be in Form No. 4 in the Schedule with such variation as the case may require.
4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section the Governor in Council may issue # deportation order in Form No. 7 in the Sche- dale, against any, person whom he finds to be a British subject if in the opinion of the Gov- ernor in Council he-
() has been guilty before or after the commencement of this Ordinance of any criminal offence, or of any other misconduct, connected with the pre- paration, commencement, prosecution, defence or maintenance of any legal proceedings, or the sharing in the proceeds thereof, or the settlement or compromise thereof, or the obtain- ing or preparation of evidence in anticipation thereof or in relation thereto; or
(4) has been guilty before or after the commencement of this Ordinance of any criminal offence, or of any other misconduct, which is not included under paragraph (a) but which is connected with the administration of the law relating to bankruptcy or of the law relating to the winding-up of companies; or
(c) has been guilty before or after the commencement of this Ordinance of any criminal offence, or of any other misconduct, connected with the pre- paration, registration, presentation, filing, issuing or certifying of any document which any public officer is required or empowered to register, receive, file issue, or certify; or
(d) was born in the Colony of parents neither of whom was a British sub- ject at the date of the birth of such person unless he has obtained a certificate of his British birth under the band of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony; or
(e) has acted, is acting, or is about to act, whether within or without the Colony, in a manner prejudicial to public safety, or to the defence, peace or security of His Majesty's dominious, or any part thereof, or of any territory which is under His Majesty's protection or in respect of which a mandate is being exercised by the Government of any part of His Majesty's dominions,
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