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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 1, 1916.

HONGKONG.

No. 2 of 1916.

I assent to this Ordinance.

F. H. MAY,

LS

Governor.

Short title.

False pass- ports and assumed

names.

Internment

1st March, 1916.

An Ordinance to prevent the use of false pass- ports, and to confer on the Governor-in- Council power to order the internment of certain suspected persons.

[1st March, 1916.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the False Passports and Suspected Persons Ordinance, 1916.

2. Every person who without lawful authority or excuse has in his possession a false passport, or who being a sub- ject of a Sovereign or State at war with His Majesty passes under an assumed name, and every person who at any time since the 4th day of August, 1914, without law- ful authority or excuse has had in bis possession a false passport, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months and to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.

3.-(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council of suspected in his absolute discretion to order to be interned for the persons. duration of the present war between His Majesty and the German Emperor any person whatsoever whose behaviour within or without the Colony in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council is or at any time before or after the commencement of this Ordinance has been of such a nature as to give reasonable ground for suspicion that such person is acting or is about to act in a manner prejudicial to the defence of the Colony, or to the public safety of any part of His Majesty's dominions, or in whose possession may be found any letter document or other article whatsoever the possession of which may in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council give rise to such a suspicion.

Saving of rights and powers of

the Crown.

(2.) Any person so ordered to be interned may be interned in such place and under such conditions as the Governor- in-Council may determine and any order of the Governor- in-Council herein under the hand of the Clerk of Councils shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom it is addressed to arrest and detain the person so ordered to be interned.

(3.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to release at any time and either absolutely or upon any conditions what- soever any person so ordered to be interned.

4. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as derogating in any way from any rights or powers of the Crown in existence immediately before the coming into operation of this Ordinance.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 1st day of March, 1916.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 1st day of March, 1916.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary,

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