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HONG

KONG

LEGAL REPORT

Enclosure No. 2

THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1972.

(No. 57 of 1972)

Section 2 of this Ordinance inserts a definition of immigration assistant into the principal Ordinance.

2. Section 3 amends sections 5(6) and 5(8) of the principal Ordinance so as to enable an immigration assis- tant to exercise the powers and give the directions mentioned in those sections respectively.

3. Section 4 substitutes new sections 11(5) and 11(5A) for the former section 11(5). The effect of this amendment is to extend to an immigration officer the power at any time to vary (within authorized limits) or cancel a condition of stay or to enlarge a limit of stay. Formerly those powers could only be exercised by the Director, the Deputy Director or an Assistant Director of Immigration.

4. Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 amend sections 24(2) and (4), 25(3) and (4), 33(1) and 35(3) and (4) of the principal Ordinance by including an immigration assistant as one of the persons who may exercise and perform the various powers and functions mentioned in those sections.

5. Sections 5, 10 and 11 make consequential amend- ments to sections 13, 42 and 52 respectively of the prin- cipal Ordinance.

6. Before His Excellency the Acting Governor assented to the Bill in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I advised that he could properly do so.

4th September, 1972.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

HONG KONG.

Graham Sweath.

Attorney General (Acting)