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aircraft bound for a specified country and to

secure him a passage to that country;

(d) to the owners or agents of any ship or aircraft bound

for a specified country requiring them, at the expense

of the Government, to make arrangements for the

removal of that person from Hong Kong and to secure

hin a passage to that country, notwithstanding that

such person did not arrive in Hong Kong in a ship cr

aircraft of which they are the owners or agents or in

any ship or aircraft.

(2) A person in respect of whom directions are given

under subsection (1) may be placed under the authority of an

immigration officer on board any ship or aircraft in which he is

to be removed in accordance with the directions

(3) Where the ship in which a person arrived in Hong

Kong is a ship not exceeding five hundred gross tons

(a)

the master of that ship may be required under

subsection (1)(a) to remove that person from Hong

Kong forthwith in that ship; and

(b)

an immigration officer nay take such steps as he

thinks necessary to procure the immediate departure

of that ship from Hong Kong.

(4) A person may be removed from Hong Kong under section

15 by land to a specified country; and for that purpose may be

taken in the custody of an immigration officer or police

officer to the place at which he is to be removed.

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