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No. 20 OF 1950.
I assent.
Officer Administering the Gobernment.
27th July, 1950.
An Ordinance to prevent the forgery of passports and the making of untrue statements for the purpose of procuring passports. [28th July, 1950.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Passports (Mis- Short title. cellaneous Offences) Ordinance, 1950,
2. In this Ordinance "forgery" has the meaning assigned inter-
to it in the Forgery Ordinance, 1922.
pretation. Ordinance No. 11 of 1922,
Forgery of
making of untrue statement to procura
3. The forgery of any passport, or the making by any person of a statement which is to his knowledge untrue for the purposes passport or of procuring a passport, whether for himself or any other person, shall be a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment for two years.
Fassed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 26th day of July, 1950.
Jochen
Clerk of Councils.
a passport
15 & 16
Geo. 5 c. 86, B. 36.