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House of Detention.

Evidence.

Decision of

Governor in Council to bo final,

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11. The Governor may appoint any building or portion of a building to be a House of Detention for the purposes of this Ordinance and any person to be Superintendent of such House, and in default of such appointinents Victoria Gaol shall be the House of Detention and the Superin- tendent of Victoria Gaol shall be the Superintendent of the House of Detention.

12.-(1) In any proceedings whatsoever, a deportation order signed by the Clerk of Councils, or a copy of a depor- tation order certified by the Clerk of Councils, shall be deemed conclusive evidence that the deportation order was duly and validly made and issued against the person named in such order and that the order was made on the date therein specified.

(2.) In any proceedings whatsoever, any document which purports to be a deportation order and to be signed by the Clerk of Councils, or any document which purports to be a copy of a deportation order and to be certified by the Clerk of Councils, shall, until the contrary is shown, be deemed respectively to be a deportation order signed by the Clerk of Comeils or to be a copy of a deportation order certified by the Clerk of Councils.

(3.) In any proceedings under this Ordinance, an order of banishment purporting to be signed by, or a copy of an order of banishment purporting to be certified by, any of the following officers shall, until the contrary is shown, be deemed to be sufficient evidence of the fact and date of such banishment :-

(a) The Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settle-

ments.

(b) The British Resident or the Secretary to the Resident in any of the Federated Malay States. (c) The General Adviser in the State of Johore. (d) The British Adviser in the States of Kedah.

Kelantan or Perlis.

(c) The British Agent in the State of Tringganu, () Any officer acting for any of the above officers. (g) The Principal Representative of the British

North Borneo Company in Borneo.

() Such other officers as may be notified by the Governor in the Gazette for the purposes of

this sub-section.

(4.) In any proceedings under this Ordinance, an en- dorsement on any deportation order in Form No 9 in the Schedule hereto, which purports to be signed by a sergeant interpreter or other police officer, shall, until the con- trary is shown, be deemed sufficient evidence that the said deportation order was duly explained to the person named in such order as therein statel.

(5.) In any proceedings under this Ordinance, it shall, until the contrary is shown, be assumed that the finger prints ou any deportation order which has been prodused are those of the person against whom the order was made.

(6.) If in any proceedings whatsoever relating to any deportation order or intended deportation order the person who has been deported or whose deportation has been ordered or whose deportation is being considered alleges that he is a British subject or that either of his parents was a British subject at the date of the birth of such person the onus of proving such allegation shall be on such

person.

(7.) The auswers given to the questions set out in Form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto shall not be admissible in evidence in any proceedings except in proceedings under this Ordinance.

13. The decision of the Governor in Council as to whether under the provisions of this Ordinance any person is liable to deportation or should be deported shall be final and conclusive for all purposes whatsoever.