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52 Geo. 3, c. 156.
Entering enemy territory.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25, 1940.
Entering and leaving this Colony,
Stopping of ships and aircraft.
(4) No proceedings shall be taken, by virtue of this regulation, against a person in respect of any act done by him. when he is himself a prisoner of war.
(5) The operation of the Prisoners of War (Escape) Act, 1812, shall be suspended during the continuance in force of this regulation.
29.--(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, no person being either a British subject or a British-protected person, shall, without the permission of the Governor, voluntarily enter any enemy territory or voluntarily go on board any vessel or aircraft being used in the service of a Power at war with His Majesty:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to anything done by any servant of His Majesty acting in the course of his duty as such.
(2) Any person convicted on indictment of an offence against this regulation shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to both such imprisonment and such fine.
(3) In this regulation the expression "enemy territory means any area which is under the sovereignty of, or adminis- tered by, or for the time being in the occupation of, a Power at war with His Majesty, but does not include any area in the occupation of His Majesty or of a Power allied with His Majesty.
30. The Governor may make provision by order for securing that, subject to any exemptions for which provision may be made by the order-
(a) no person shall, on coming by sea or by air from a place outside this Colony, disembark in this Colony from any vessel or aircraft elsewhere than at a place specified in the order;
(b) no person shall, for the purpose of proceeding by sea or by air to a destination outside this Colony, embark in this Colony on any vessel or aircraft elsewhere than at a place so specified;
(c) no person shall—
(i) enter this Colony; or
(ii) proceed from this Colony to a destination outside it, except under the authority of a written permit granted by such authority or person as may be specified in the order.
31.-(1) A competent authority may, if it appears to him to be necessary in the interests of defence so to do, give, with respect to any particular ship or aircraft at a port or place in this Colony, directions that the ship or aircraft shall not leave the port or place until permitted to do so by such authority or person as may be specified in the directions; and if any ship or aircraft leaves or attempts to leave any port or place in contravention of any such directions as aforesaid, the master of the ship or the pilot of the aircraft, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence against this regulation:
Provided that any directions given under this paragraph shall cease to have effect twenty-four hours after the time at which they are given, unless in the meantime they have been confirmed by the Governor.
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