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card which should have been produced

within the time so limited, the employee's

·

employment shall, if it has not already

been terminated and if the employee

is not prohibited from taking employment,

cease upon such production to be liable

to be terminated under this subsection.".

Amendment of section 53.

8.

Section 53(8) of the principal Ordinance is

amended by inserting after this section the following

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to a warrant of detention issued under

section 13A(6) or".

Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of this Bill is to make provision

for the better control of Vietnamese refugees during

the period of their stay in Hong Kong.

2.

Clause 2 contains consequential amendments

arising from the provisions in the Bill.

3.

Clause 3 introduces a new Part. IIIA, containing

3 new sections 13A, 13B and 13C, in the principal

Ordinance. New section 13A empowers any member of

the Immigration Service of or above the rank of

assistant immigration officer to permit Vietnamese

refugees to remain in Hong Kong and to impose any

of the conditions of stay specified in the section.

Among these are conditions relating to residence

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