TNAG-0908-FCO40-1118-Legislation-for-immigration-into-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 288

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Short title.

A BILL

To

Amend the Immigration Ordinance.

Enclosure No. 4

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the

Immigration (Amendment) Ordinance 1979.

Amendment of section 18. (Cap. 115.)

2.

Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is

amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following

subsections

#(3)

Subsection (2) shall not apply if

it appears to the Director that the person

refused permission to land was previously

resident in Vietnam.

(4) Subsection (3) shall expire on 31st

December 1979 unless the Legislative Council

by resolution otherwise determines.".

Explanatory Memorandum

Section 18(2) of the Immigration Ordinance

restricts to a period of 2 months the power of an

immigration officer to remove from Hong Kong a person

who is refused permission to land. Under prevailing

circumstances, this period is too short in the case of

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