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approval was not-required, a Burlish subject could only be deported on the
recommendation of a court or of a guage
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United Kingdom and Colonies) if he has been found
guilty in Hong Kong of any offence punishable with
imprisonment or if the Governor in Council deems
it to be conducive to the public good.
Hitherto the deportation of British subjects
from Hong Kong has been governed by the Deportation
(British Subjects) Ordinance (enacted in 1934
which required the Secretary of State's approval
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to be obtained for the deportation of any British ..
limitio subject except in certain specified circumstances.
That Ordinance was enacted at the request of the
Secretary of State for the Colonies and followed
the lines of a model Ordinance sent by the Secretary
of State to all dependent territories.
However at
that time the United Kingdom's own immigration laws
were such that no British subject could be refused
admission to or deported from this country.
The Governor has now pointed out in commenting
on this clause, that one of the purposes of the
United Kingdom Immigration Legislation now before
Parliament is to remove the disparity in treatment
between aliens and Commonwealth citizens; that the
latter will no longer enjoy a preferential position
in the United Kingdom (save in certain limited
respects); and that it is accordingly considered
inappropriate that Commonwealth citizens should
continue to enjoy in Hong Kong the special position
that they at prosent have under the Deportation
(Britim
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