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EXPULSION OF UNDESIRABLES ORDINANCE, 1949.
At Committee Stage, Attorney General to move the following
amendment to clause 4 :-
That clause 4 be amended
(a) by deleting the words "on repatriation" in paragraph
(e) thereof; and
(b) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph
(g) thereof :-
Ordinance No. 7 of 1889.
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"(g) has been convicted by a competent
court outside the Colony of an offence which
if committed in the Colony would constitute
any of the offences specified in the First
Schedule to the Chinese Extradition
Ordinance, 1889: or".
Reasons for proposed amendment :
As regards para. (e) of clause 4 The words "on repatriation” in
paragraph (e) of clause 4 are too restrictive in that they
would render the provision inapplicable to persons who have
been expelled from a territory to which they belong, e.g.
Malaya.
As regards para. (g) of clause 4
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Paragraph (g) of clause 4 in its
present form suggests that a person may be deemed undesirable
even if he has the means to support himself and his depen-
dents. Adequate provision for cases of incapacity for self
support is made by paragraphs (b) and (c) of clause 4.
substitution proposed makes provision to empower the
The
expulsion of persons convicted of serious offences elsewhere.
The Chinese Extradition Ordinance, 1889, provides a
convenient list of such offences.