TNAG-1199-FCO40-1501-Hong-Kong-immigration-legislation-1982 — Page 55

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ANNEX A

Amend the Immigration Ordinance.

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Trevisereg my Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title.

Amendment of section 18. (Cap. 115.)

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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Immigration

(Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 1982.

2. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended

by deleting subsection (4)

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Repeal of

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section 37M.

repealed.

Repeal of section 37T

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Amendment of

5.

Section 37 of the principal Ordinance is

Section 37T of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

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Section 58(2) of the principal Ordinance is

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amended by deleting while it is in force, ".

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Explanatory Memorandum

Section 18 (2) of the principal 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. As this was considered to be too short a period

in the case of persons previously resident in Vietnam

section 18(3) was enacted to exclude the application of section 18(2) to such persons. Section 18(4) provides

that section 18(3) is a temporary provision unless extended

by a resolution of the Legislative Council. In 1979, 1980

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