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EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ORDINANCE. (Chapter 241),

EMERGENCY (Detention Orders) RegulATIONS, 1956.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations--

1. These regulations may be cited as the Emergency Citation. (Detention Orders) Regulations, 1956.

2. Wherever the Governor in Council finds under the provi- Detention sions of section 3 of the Deportation of Aliens Ordinance that orders,

(Cap. 240). any person is liable to deportation and is satisfied that it would be impracticable to enforce a deportation order in relation to such person and that it would be contrary to the public interest that such person should remain at large in the Colony, he may, in Heu of issuing against such person a deportation order, make an order (hereinafter referred to as a detention order) against that person directing that he be detained.

3. Any person to whom a detention order relates (herein. Legal after referred to as a detained person) may be detained in such custody, place as may be authorized by the Governor (hereinafter referred

to as a place of detention) in accordance with these regulations and with directions given under regulation 6, and any person so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody,

4 (1) The Governor in Council may direct that the opera- Suspension Lion of a detention order be suspended if he is satisfied that of deten-

tion orders. arrangements have been made for the departure from the Colony of the person to whom the detention order relates, and upon the suspension of a detention order, the Governor in Council may make a deportation order under the provisions of the Deportation of Aliens Ordinance against the person to whom the detention order relates as if the detention order had not been made.

(2) In addition to the powers contained in paragraph (1), the Governor in Council may direct that the operation of a detention order be suspended subject to such conditions as he may think