18
19
Interpreta- tion.
Exemption
of members
of Her Majesty's forces.
Result of cassation of service.
Duty to maka
officer for the purpose of making, completing, correcting or verifying the return. Any notice referred to in this section may be addressed to any person at his place of residence or business and served by post.
PART VI.
Temporary exemption of servicemen.
33. In this Part-
"serviceman" means a serving member of Her Majesty's regular
naval, military or air forces.
34. Subject to the provisions of sections 35 and 36, service- men shall be exempted from the provisions of this Ordinance.
35. Where any serviceman ceases to serve as such, he shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be a person seeking to enter the Colony with effect from the date when be ceased so to serve.
36. Any serviceman who ceases to serve as such, shall make application, application to the Immigration Officer within seven days-
Forgery
of travel documents
untrue
statement,
(a) from the date of the cessation of his service; or (b) from his discharge from prison or other place of deten- tion if he has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and the provisions of this Ordinance shall, where applicable, apply to him.
PART VIL
Offences, penallies and forfeiture.
37. The forgery of any travel document, or the making by any person of a statement, or the production by him of any
or making document, which is to his knowledge untrue for the purposes of procuring any travel document, whether for himself or any other person, shall be a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment for two years.
etc. to provare Buch a document. To/. 16 &
14. Gea. 5. c. B6, s. 36.]
38. (1) It shall be an offence to be the holder, or to be in Possession possession, of any travel document which is false in any material particular,
of travel document false in u material particular
offenes and
onus of
(2) Whenever a person is charged with an offence against this to be an section and it is proved that any material particular in the travel document is incorrect the onus of proving that he was unaware
proving that such material particular was incorrect shall lie upon him and falsity or otherwise unless he discharges such onus he shall be guilty of an offence to shift in against this section.
(3) Whenever the holder of a travel document is charged with an offence against this section and it is proved-
(a) that he is the holder of another travel document which contains any material particular differing from a material particular in the travel document alleged to be false; or (b) that he has given any material particular to any public officer which does not tally with a material particular in the travel document alleged to be false,
he shall be guilty of an offence against this section unless he can satisfy the magistrate before whom he is charged either that the particular in the travel document alleged to be false is correct or that he was unaware that such material particular was incorrect.
certain
circum- stances.
(4) Whenever the holder of a travel document is charged with an offence against this section and the travel document states that the holder was born in Hong Kong and it is proved that such holder has given to a police or other public officer any particular concerning any person whom he claims to be his relative which is in conflict with any particular in the register of births kept under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance the magistrate shall (Cap. 174), require such holder to prove that he was born in Hong Kong and failing such proof such holder shall be guilty of an offence against this section unless the magistrate is satisfied that such holder genuinely believed that he was born in Hong Kong.
39. (1) It shall be an offence under this Ordinance to con- General. travene any of the conditions imposed in pursuance of section 14
or 15 or any of the following provisions of this Ordinance-
(a) sections 4 to 71
(b) subsections (1) and (2) of section 9;