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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 28, 1916.
No. 35.-The following is published for general information.
DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS.
Passports of Passengers entering or leaving the United Kingdom.
REGULATION 14 C.
(1.) A person coming from or intending to proceed to any place out of the United Kingdom as a passenger shall not, without the special permission of a Secretary of State, land or embark at any port in the United Kingdom unless he has in his possession a valid passport issued to him not more than two years previously, by or on behalf of the Government of the country of which he is a subject or a citizen, or, in the case of a person coming from a place outside the United Kingdom, either such a passport or some other document satisfactorily establishing his nationality and identity.
To every such passport and document as aforesaid there must be attached a photo graph of the person to whom it relates.
In the case of British subjects resident in Ireland special permission to embark may be given by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland instead of by a Secretary of State.
(2.) If any person lands or embarks in contravention of this regulation, or if where any such special permission to land has been granted by a Secretary of State subject to any conditions, the person to whom it was granted fails to comply with any such condi- tion, he shall be guilty of a summary offence against these regulations.
(3.) For the purposes of this regulation the expression "passenger" includes any person carried on a ship other than a master or persons employed in the work or service of the ship.
A permit from the Secretary of State will only be granted in exceptional cases, e.g., where a person whether British or alien is for some reason ineligible for a passport.
A permit from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland will be issued in proper cases to British subjects resident in Ireland in lieu of a passport.
British male subjects of military age (i.e. between the ages of 18 and 41) who desire to leave the United Kingdom (a) if resident in England, Scotland or Wales must hold either a passport issued by the Foreign Office on or after November 15th, 1915, or a passport issued before November 15th, 1915, which has been vised by the Foreign Office since that date; (b) if a resident in Ireland must hold either a passport or a vised pass- port as specified in (a) or a permit issued by the Lord Lieutenant.
No. 36. The following extract from a telegram despatched by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to His Majesty's Representatives abroad dated 7th November, 1915, is published for general information.
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CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
28th January, 1916.
"SOCIÉTE SUISSE DE SURVEILLANCE ECONOMIQUE.”
An agreement has been concluded between the Allied Governments and the Swiss Government for the formation of a Société de Surveillance Economique (a body similar to Netherlands Oversea Trust) in Switzerland.
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