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Ord. No. 15/80
IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 15 OF 1980
I assent.
L.S.
IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT)
Ord. No. 15/80
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in subsection (2), by deleting "Governor" and substituting the following-
"Secretary for Security".
7.
Section 37K(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment of deleting "person charged is" and substituting the following--
section 37K.
Short title.
Amendment of
section 3.
(Cap. 115.)
MURRAY MACLEHOSE,
Governor.
1 May 1980.
An Ordinance to amend the Immigration Ordinance.
[2 May 1980]
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 1980.
2. Section 3(3)(b) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "30 yards" and substituting the following-
Amendment of section 29.
3.
“30 m".
Section 29 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1), by deleting "Governor" and substituting the
following-
"Secretary for Security";
(b) in subsection (2), by deleting "Governor" wherever it occurs and
substituting in each case the following-
"Secretary for Security"; and
(c) in subsection (4), by deleting "Governor" and substituting the
following-
Amendment of section 32.
4.
Amendment of section 34.
"Secretary for Security".
Section 32 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (2), by deleting "Chief Secretary" and substituting
the following—
"Secretary for Security";
(b) in subsection (3), by deleting "Chief Secretary" and substituting
the following-
"Secretary for Security"; and
(c) in subsection (4)(a), by deleting "Chief Secretary" and sub-
stituting the following-
5.
"Secretary for Security".
Section 34(b) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "Chief Secretary" and substituting the following-
"person charged was, at the date on which the offence is alleged to have taken place,”.
8.
Section 56 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) by inserting after "immigration officer" the following—
"or immigration assistant"; and
(ii) by deleting paragraphs (c), (d) and (f); and
(b) by inserting, after subsection (1), the following subsection-
"(1A) For the purposes of this Ordinance, an immigra- tion officer may-
9.
(a) detain for not more than 7 days any document-- (i) produced pursuant to a requirement under section 5(6)(b); or
(ii) found on any person searched under sub- section (1)(b);
(b) arrest and detain any person if he has reason to suspect that such person has committed an offence under this Ordinance;
(c) board and search any ship, aircraft, vehicle or train (not being a ship of war or a military aircraft), or enter and search any premises or place, if he
has reason to suspect that there is therein-
(i) any person who may be arrested under this Ordinance; or
(ii) any thing which may be seized under this Ordinance.".
Amendment of section 56.
Section 60 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "Governor" and substituting the following-
"Secretary for Security".
section 60.
10. The sections of the principal Ordinance specified in the first Schedule of column of the Schedule are amended to the extent and in the manner amendments. set out in the second column of that Schedule.
SCHEDULE
AMENDMENTS
[s. 10.]
Amendment of section 35.
6.
"Secretary for Security".
Section 35 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1), by deleting "Governor" in the first place
where it occurs and substituting the following--
"Secretary for Security"; and
Section
2(1).
Amendment
(a) In paragraph (d) of the definition of "specified country", by inserting "or immigration assistant" after "immigra- tion officer"; and
(b) in the definition of "travel document", by inserting "or
immigration assistant" after "immigration officer".
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