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Draft Bill.

No. S. 131.-The following Bill is published for general information-

(C.S.O. 3255/15III).

A BITL

[No. 12-11.4.35.—1.]

Short title.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 8 of

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Immigration and Passports

Ordinance, 1934.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Immigration and Passports Amendment Ordinance, 1935.

2. Sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Immigration and Passports Ordinance, 1934, is amended by the substitution 1934, s. 3 (3). of the words "to the country of which he is a national'' for the words "to the country of his birth or citizenship." in the sixth and seventh lines.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 8 of

3. Sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Immigration and Passports Ordinance, 1934, is amended by the substitution 1934, s. 4 (1). of the words "to the country of which he is a national" for the words "to the country of his birth or citizenship." in the last two lines of that sub-section.

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 8 of 1934, s. 6.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 8 of 1934, s. 9 (d).

4. Section 6 of the Immigration and Passports Ordin- ance, 1934, is amended by the insertion of the words "all or any of the following persons, that is to say" after the words "on board" in the fifth line.

5. Paragraph (d) of section 9 of the Immigration and Passports Ordinance, 1934. is amended--

(1) by the insertion of the words "or in any British protectorate or protected State or any Territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty" after the word "dominions" in the fifth line.

(2) by the insertion of the words "in the United Kingdom" after the words "His Majesty's Government” in the twelfth line.

Objects and Reasons.

1. This Ordinance effects certain amendments in the principal Ordinance (No. 8 of 1934) which have been directed by the Secretary of State.