IMMIGRATION BILL
28. (1) The captain of a ship or aircraft shall, if so required by an immigration officer or police officer, take such steps as may be necessary for preventing--
(a) a person who arrived in the ship or aircraft and has been refused permission to land in Hong Kong; or
(b) a person placed on board the ship or aircraft under
section 20(2) or section 21(3),
from landing from the ship or aircraft before it leaves Hong Kong. (2) For the purpose of preventing any such person from landing from the ship or aircraft, the captain of the ship or aircraft may detain that person in custody on board the ship or aircraft.
29. A person who is arrested under section 50(3) may be detained for the purpose of inquiries for not more than forty-eight hours and may be detained until the Governor in Council has decided whether or not to rescind the suspension of the deporta- tion order made against that person if an application for its rescission is made within seven days after the arrest of such person.
30. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, persons required or authorized to be detained by or under this Ordinance may be detained in such places as the Governor may by order direct; and the Governor may by order provide for the treatment of persons so detained.
(2) The Governor may direct that—
(a)
a person required or authorized to be detained by or under this Ordinance; or
(b) persons of such class or description as he may specify, being persons required or authorized to be detained by or under this Ordinance,
may be detained in such other place as he may specify, and—
(i) a person in respect of whom such a direction has been
given; or
(ii) a person of any class or description in respect of which
such a direction has been given,
may be detained in such place.
(3) Without prejudice to any other Ordinance-
(a) any person detained by virtue of this Ordinance; and (b) any person who, being detained in pursuance of the sentence or order of a court, would otherwise be liable to be detained by virtue of this Ordinance,
may be taken in the custody of an immigration officer or police officer to and from any place where his attendance is required for any purpose of this Ordinance.
C299
Detention of
persons on board ships
or aircraft.
Detention of person arrested under s. 50(3).
General provisions as to detained persons.
Page 90Page 91
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.