HONG KONG.
No. 3 of 1940.
I assent.
Oficer Administering the Government.
29th November, 1940.
An Ordinance to regulate the entry and departure of persons into and out of the Colony, to prolibit the entry of undesirable inunigrants and to confer various powers in connexion therewith.
[28th November, 1940.)
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Immigration Short title. Control Ordinance, 1940,
2. In this Ordinance-
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Depôt means a depôt established under section 4;
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Interpraja-
tang,
Master means the person, other than a pilot licensed and registered under the Pilots Ordinance, 1930, having Ordinance command or charge of any vessel;
"Passenger
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No. 11 of 1930.
means any person, other than the master, pilot and scamen, carried in a vessel, and includes cr. Ordia, a stowaway and a seaman seeking to land for discharge;
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"Through passenger means any passenger who is travelling to a place outside the Colony and who is to continue his journey in the vessel by which he arrived;
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Port of the Colony '' means any port for the time being included as a port of the Colony in Table W of the Regulations under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899;
** Seaman includes every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) em- ployed or engaged in any capacity on board any vessel;
**Vessel" includes any description of vessel used navigation.
Mace No. 3 of 1994.
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of 180, 12(m). in ef. Ordin-
Anco No, 10 of 1800, *. 2(g).
tion Officer,
3.—(1) The Governor may appoiut any person, either Appointment by name or office, to be the Immigration Officer for the of Immigra purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, and Deputies & also such number of Deputy Immigration Officers and Assistunts. Assistant Immigration Ollicers as he may think it.