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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 23, 1916.

(2.) Every person, except the persons specified in the First Schedule hereto, who shall hereafter arrive in the Colony shall within one week of such arrival, unless such person shall have departed from the Colony within the said period of one week, furuish to the Captain Superintendent of Police a return of the particulars specified in the Second Schedule hereto provided that it shall not be necessary for any person to furnish a return under this sub-section who shall have previously furnished a return under sub- section (1) of this section.

(3.) Every person who shall hereafter cease to fall within the excepted classes specified in the First Schedule hereto, whether on account of a change in the status of such person or on account of an alteration in the said Schedule or for any other cause, shall within one week of his so ceasing to fall within the said excepted classes, unless such person shall have departed from the Colony within the said period of one week, furnish to the Captain Superintendent of Police a return of the particulars specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

(4.) Every return required under this section shall be signed legibly by the person to whom it relates, and such signature shall be witnessed by some person of full age resident in the Colony who shall add his place of residence to his signature.

(5.) No person shall furnish untrue particulars in any such returu.

Attendance

on notice. Third Schedule.

Answering enquiries.

Production of docu- ments.

Register to be con- fidential.

Powers of the Governor in Council.

Offences and penalties.

3.-(1.) Every person, except the persons specified in the First Schedule hereto, shall on receipt of a notice in the form in the Third Schedule hereto, whether he intend to remain in the Colony or not, attend at the time and place named in such notice.

(2.) Any such notice shall be signed by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent.

(3.) Every person, except the persons specified in the First Schedule hereto, shall truthfully and fully answer all questions and enquiries put to him by any police officer relating to the particulars specified in the Second Schedule

bereto.

(4.) Every person, except the persons specified in the First Schedule hereto, shall disclose and produce to any police officer on demand all documents in the possession or under the control of such person tending directly or indirectly to establish the truth or falsity of any of the said particulars.

4. No person employed in receiving, collecting, correct- ing, completing, or filing the returns, or otherwise in the compilation or maintenance of the register, or the tabula- tion of the contents thereof, and no person using the returns or register, shall without lawful authority com- municate any information acquired in the course of his employment, or from such use.

5. The Governor in Council shall have power :-

(a.) To amend in any way whatsoever any of the

schedules hereto :

(b.) To make regulations requiring the notification to the Captain Superintendent of Police of changes in any of the particulars specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

6. Every person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not excceding fifty dollars