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IMMIGRATION BILL

Immigration or in respect of visas or any other matters arising under this Ordinance;

(d) generally for the better carrying out of the purposes of

this Ordinance.

56. The Governor may by order designate the places which shall be approved landing places for the purposes of this Ordin-

ance.

57. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and without prejudice to any other provision of this Ordinance, a travel document shall not be valid for the purposes of this Ordinance unless it bears a visa. which was issued by or on behalf of the Director of Immigration and is in force on the date on which the person to whom the travel document relates arrives in Hong Kong.

(2) The Director of Immigration may exempt from subsec- tion (1) any person or any class or description of person.

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Designation of approved landing places.

Travel docu- ment to

bear visa.

58. (1) For any of the purposes of this Ordinance, an Presumptions. immigrant who does not produce an identity card relating to himself when required to do so by an immigration officer or police officer shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to have landed in Hong Kong unlawfully.

(2) For any of the purposes of this Ordinance, an immigrant who is on board a ship proceeding through the waters of Hong Kong shall be deemed to be seeking to land in contravention of section 33(1)(a) unless it is proved that--

(a) he was a member of the crew of the ship;

(b) he is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong;

(c) he was in possession of a valid travel document, entry

permit or re-entry permit; or

(d) the ship was leaving Hong Kong.

59. (1) Any document purporting to be-

(a) a removal order or a deportation order signed by the

Governor or the Clerk of Councils; or

(b) a copy of a removal order or a deportation order cer- tified by the Colonial Secretary or the Clerk of Councils to be a true copy of the removal order or deportation order,

shall be admitted in evidence in any proceedings on its production without further proof, and until the contrary is proved it shall be presumed that the removal order or deportation order was made against the person named and on the date specified therein.

Evidence of certain acts under

Ordinance.

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