CO129-604-7 Expulsion of Undesirables Ordinance 1949 19-8-1949 - 16-12-1949 — Page 43

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EXPULSION OF UNDESIRABLES ORDINANCE, 1949.

At Committee Stage, Attorney General to move the following

amendment to clause 4 :-

That clause 4 be amended

(a) by deleting the words "on repatriation" in paragraph

(e) thereof; and

(b) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph

(g) thereof :-

Ordinance No. 7 of 1889.

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"(g) has been convicted by a competent

court outside the Colony of an offence which

if committed in the Colony would constitute

any of the offences specified in the First

Schedule to the Chinese Extradition

Ordinance, 1889: or".

Reasons for proposed amendment :

As regards para. (e) of clause 4 The words "on repatriation” in

paragraph (e) of clause 4 are too restrictive in that they

would render the provision inapplicable to persons who have

been expelled from a territory to which they belong, e.g.

Malaya.

As regards para. (g) of clause 4

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Paragraph (g) of clause 4 in its

present form suggests that a person may be deemed undesirable

even if he has the means to support himself and his depen-

dents. Adequate provision for cases of incapacity for self

support is made by paragraphs (b) and (c) of clause 4.

substitution proposed makes provision to empower the

The

expulsion of persons convicted of serious offences elsewhere.

The Chinese Extradition Ordinance, 1889, provides a

convenient list of such offences.