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Amendment of section 25.

Amendment of section 33.

Amendment of section 35.

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6. Section 25 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsections (3) and (4) by inserting, after "immigration officer", the following-

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", immigration assistant".

Section 33 of the principal Ordinance is amended in sub- section (1) by inserting, after "immigration officer", the following-

", immigration assistant".

8. Section 35 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsections (3) and (4) by inserting, after “immigration officer” wherever it occurs, the following-

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immigration assistant”.

Amendment of section 42.

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Amendment of section 52.

Section 42 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) by inserting after "immigration

officer" the following-

", immigration assistant"; and

(b) in paragraph (1)(b) by deleting "the Director or any other immigration officer" and substituting the following--

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(a)

"an immigration officer or immigration assistant”.

Section 52 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

in subsection (1) by inserting after "immigration officer" the following-

"or an immigration assistant"; and

(b) in subsection (2) by inserting after "immigration officer"

the following-

"or immigration assistant".

Explanatory Memorandum

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

Clause 3 amends sections 5(6) and 5(8) so as to enable an immigration assistant to exercise the powers and give the direc- tions mentioned in those sections respectively.

Clause 4 amends section 11(5) so that any immigration officer may exercise the powers mentioned therein. At present only

the Director, the Deputy Director and an Assistant Director of Immigration may do so.