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would almost undoubtedly be successful, as they did
not consider the order of deportation which had been
made was within the powers conferred upon the dovernor
of Hong Kong under section 6 of the Ordinance of 1917.
If the appeal was allowed, the result would be that
the whole deportation order would have been held
invalid, and the custody in which quoc had been detained
all this time held to be illegal.
They strongly
advised, therefore, that the case should be settled,
and upon their advice a settlement was arrived at under
which the appellant withdrew his appeal on the condition
that, though the deportation order ordering him to
leave Hong Kong should stand, the portions of the order which provided that he should be placed in custody upon
a ship going to French territory should be cancelled.
According to the undertaking thus given by the Hong
Kong Government
uoc will be free when leaving Hong
Kong to go to whatever destination he wishes.
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