187996-1932-Order-under-section-2-of-the-Passports-Ordinance-1923 — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 10, 1932.

(2) Neither the possession of a valid passport or travel document, as defined in paragraph (1) of this regulation, nor any visa or endorsement thereon, shall be deemed to imply that the holder will be permitted to land in the Colony, or, if allowed to land, that he will be permitted to stay in the Colony; nor will they serve as any excuse for disobeying any banishment, deportation or expulsion order.

3. The holder of a passport or travel document with a visa authorising transit only through the Colony shall not remain in the Colony longer than is reasonably necessary to enable him to tranship or to find other means by which to proceed to his destination, and the holder of a passport or travel document with a visa authorising direct transit only shall proceed to his destination by the earliest means of transport of which he can reasonably avail himself: Provided that in either case the duration of the stay in the Colony of any such holder may be extended with the consent in writing of the Inspector General of Police, for which there shall be charged either the fee of $5 or a fee equal to the difference between the cost of a transit visa and the cost of an ordinary visa in the case in question, whichever fee be the higher.

4. Every person who possesses a passport, or other official document establishing his nationality and identity, shall upon demand by any police officer, produce such passport or such other document forthwith for the inspection of such police officer,

5.--(1) If any person is convicted of an offence against Regulation 1 or Regulation 3 of these Regulations, it shall be lawful for any magistrate to order that such person shall be expelled from the Colony.

(2) Any such order shall have the effect of authorising any police officer to arrest and detain such person and to do all such other acts as may be necessary to enable such person to be expelled from the Colony by such ship or route as the Governor may determine.

6. These regulations shall not apply to the following :- (1) persons of or under the age of fifteen years; (2) persons of Chinese race;

(3) persons who pass through the waters of the Colony without landing in the Colony.

(4) persons employed in any capacity in the service of any ship, who arrive in the Colony and leave in the same ship on her next departure.

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COUNCIL CHAMBER,

2nd June, 1932.

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D. W. TRATMAN,

Clerk of Councils.