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Zuvor to dotain for inquiry.

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22.

PART VII.

Detention.

Without prejudice to any other provision of this

Ordinance, where any member of the Immigration Service of the rank

of chief immigration inspector or above or any police officer of

the rank of assistant superintendent or above is satisfied

(a) that inquiry for the purposes of this Ordinance, other

than the provisions thereof relating to deportation,

is necessary in the case of any person; and

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(b) that such person may abscond if he is not detained,

such person may be detained for not more than seven days.

from wdays

23. A person who may be examined under section 3(1)(a) or

is required to submit to further examination under section 3(1)

may be detained under the authority of an immigration officer

pending the examination and may also be detained pending a

decision to give or refuse him permission to land.

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Detention pending determi- nation of objection.

24. A person who has lodged an objection under section 49(1)

may be detained under the authority of the Director pending the

determination of the objection.

Detention

for inquiry as to deportation.

25.

(1) If it appears to the Governor

(a) that there are reasonable grounds for inquiry as to

whether a person ought to be deported under section

18; and

(b) that such person should be detained for the purposes

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