Amendment of Ordinance No. 9 of 1897, s. 26.
has the status of a British subject or that he has been ordinarily resident in the Colony for a period of seven years or more, may if he thinks fit declare him to be a mendicant or destitute to whom this section of this Ordinance applies and order him to be expelled from the Colony. Such order may be made in lieu of or in addition to any conviction or sentence under section 26, 28A or 29.
(3) Any such order shall have the effect of authorizing any police officer to arrest and detain such person and to do all such other acts as may be necessary to enable such person to be expelled from the Colony and repatriated to the country of which he appears to be a national or sent to some other destination without the Colony chosen by such person and approved by the Commissioner of Police.
(4) If any person expelled from the Colony under this section returns thereto within a period of five years from the date of the order for his expulsion, unless with and in accord- ance with the permission in writing of the Commissioner of Police, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six weeks and to a recommendation for deportation under section 8 of the Deportation of Aliens Ordinance, 1935.
5. Section 26 of the Vagrancy Ordinance, 1897, is amended by the insertion of the words "a mendicant or a destitute" after the word vagrant in the first line.
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Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 14th day of December, 1939.
C. BRAMALL BURGESS,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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