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C.F. 323

CONFIDENTIAL

A BILL

To

Consolidate and amend the law relating to immigration and

deportation.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title and cor- mencement.

PART I.

Preliminary and application.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Inmigration and

Deportation Ordinance 1970, and shall cone into operation on a

day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.

Interpretation.

2. (1) In this ordinance, unless the context otherwise

requires -

"alien" means a person who is not a British subject, a British

protected person or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;

"approved landing place" means a place designated by order

under section 56;

(11 & 12 Geo.6,

c. 56.)

"British protected person" has the same meaning as it has in

the British Nationality Act 1948;

"British subject by naturalization in Hong Kong" means

(a)

in relation to a person naturalized after the

commencement of the British Nationality Act 1948,

a British subject to whom a certificate of

naturalization has been granted by the Governor;

and

CONFIDENTIAL