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(5) Directions given under subsection (3) shall not be incon- sistent with directions given by the Governor under section 51(1).

(6) In this section, "Commissioner of Police" includes any deputy commissioner of police, senior assistant commissioner of police or assistant commissioner of police.

57A. (1) Without prejudice to this Ordinance or any other law, any member of Her Majesty's forces acting in the course of his duty and for the purposes of this Ordinance may arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects to be a person who-

(a) by virtue of section 7 may not land in Hong Kong without the permission of an immigration officer and who lands or attempts to land without such permission; or

(b) having landed in Hong Kong unlawfully, remains in Hong

Kong without the authority of the Director,

and may use such force as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose.

(2) Any person arrested under subsection (1) shall be delivered into the custody of a police officer or an immigration officer as soon as practicable.

(Added, 52 of 1976, s. 5)

57B. (1) Any person being a person liable to arrest under member of subsection (1) of section 57A who resists arrest by Her Majesty's forces under that subsection shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) Any person who obstructs any member of Her Majesty's forces acting in the course of his duty and for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Added, 52 of 1976, s. 5)

57C. In sections 57A and 57B “member of Her Ninjanty forces" i ludes any officer or member of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment as constituted under the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Ordinance or of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force as constituted under the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Ordinance.

(Added, 42 of 1979, s. 6)

58. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the officer in command of any of Her Majesty's ships of war or auxiliary ships and any person under his command may board and search any ship, not being a ship of war, which is proceeding through the waters of Hong Kong. (Amended, 42 of 1979, s. 7)

Powers of arrest by Her Majesty's forces.

Resisting arrest by, and obstruction of, Her Majesty's forces.

nition of ' mer Majesty's forces".

(Cap. 199.)

(Cap. 198.)

Powers of Her Majesty's naval officers.

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