(Cap. 221)
Arriving ships and aircraft.
"travel document" means a passport furnished with a photo- graph of the holder, or some other document establishing to the satisfaction of an immigration officer the identity and nationality of the holder;
"United Kingdom belonger" means a person who is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by reason of his birth, adoption, naturalization or registration in the United Kingdom and the wife and child of any such person.
(2) References in this Ordinance to landing in Hong Kong unlawfully are references to landing in or entering Hong Kong în contravention of this Ordinance, the repealed Immigration (Control and Offences) Ordinance or the repealed Immigrants Control Ordinance.
(3) References in this Ordinance to an offence under this Ordinance include references to an offence under section 90(1) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance where the arrestable offence which a person has committed is an offence under this Ordinance. (4) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a person shall not be treated as ordinarily resident in Hong Kong-
(a) during any period after the commencement of this
Ordinance in which he remains in Hong Kong-
(i) without the authority of the Director, after landing unlawfully; or
(U) in contravention of a limit of stay; or
(b) during any period, whether before or after the com- mencement of this Ordinance, of imprisonment or deten- tion pursuant to the sentence or order of any court.
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PART II.
IMMIGRATION PROCEDURE.
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (6), the captain of a ship shall, on the arrival of the ship in Hong Kong-
(a) anchor or moor the ship at an approved immigration anchorage and keep the ship in such anchorage as long as may be necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance; and
(b) hoist the prescribed immigration examination signal and keep the same hoisted until an immigration officer permits him to lower it.
(2) An immigration officer may, on the arrival of a ship in Hong Kong, require the captain--
(a) to anchor or moor the ship at such place as he may specify, being a place at which the captain considers that the ship may safely be moored or anchored;
(b) to keep the ship in such place so long as may be
necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance,
but a requirement under this subsection shall cease to have effect if the captain is required by or under any other Ordinance to move the ship to another place.
(3) Except with the permission of the Director, no person other than a pilot or health officer in the course of his duty shall-- (a) board or leave a ship which has arrived in Hong Kong:
or
(b) be within thirty yards of any such ship, otherwise than
on a wharf or pier,
until the immigration examination signal is lowered,
(4) Except with the permission of the Director, nothing shall be removed from or taken or placed on board a ship which has arrived in Hong Kong until the immigration examination signal is lowered.
(5) The captain of an aircraft arriving in Hong Kong shall not land the aircraft except at an approved landing place.
(6) The Director of Immigration may exempt from sub- section (1) the captains of such ships, or of ships of such class or description as he thinks fit.
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, an immigration officer may-
(a)
subject to subsection (2), examine any person on his arrival in or prior to his departure from Hong Kong:
(b) examine a person at any time if he has reasonable cause for believing that such person is committing or has committed an offence under section 38(1X8) or section 41. and a person who is so examined may be required by an immigra- tion officer to submit to further examination.
(2) A person who satisfies an immigration officer that he is a serviceman shall not be examined further under subsection (1)(2) on his arrival in or prior to his departure from Hong Kong.
$. (1) The Director may require-
(a) the owner of a ship or aircraft or his agent; or (b) the captain of a ship or aircraft.
Bxamination of persons.
Powers of Director and requirements
in relation to examinationS under section 4.