HONG KONG.
No. 3 OF 1934.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor.
29th March, 1934.
An Ordinance to provide for the registration of certain
persons.
[29th March, 1934.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Registration of short title. Persons Ordinance, 1934.
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2. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4) and Aliens (5), every alien who is in the Colony at the commencement who have of this Ordinance, other than an alien of Chinese race, shall to Police. report the fact in person or in writing for registration at Police Headquarters within one month of such commence- ment, unless such person shall have departed from the Colony within the said period of one month.
(2) Every alien, other than an alien of Chinese race, who arrives in the Colony or who changes his ordinary residential or business address or who is about to leave the Colony shall report the fact in person or in writing for registra- tion at Police Headquarters within seventy-two hours after every such arrival or within one week before every such change of address or intended departure, as the case may be.
(3) In any case of doubt a person shall be deemed to be an alien unless and until he produces a certificate, passport or other evidence, to the satisfaction of the Inspector General of Police or of a Magistrate, to the effect that he is a natural born or naturalized British Subject.
(4) The Inspector General of Police may in his absolute discretion exempt in writing any person to whom this section applies from any or all of the requirements of this section. Any such exemption may be issued subject to such terms and conditions as the Inspector General of Police may see fit to impose.
(5) This section shall not apply to:-
(a) Consular Officers of foreign states and the members of their families;
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