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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 29, 1940.

LS.

HONG KONG.

No. 32 or 1940.

I assent.

E. F. NORTON,

Officer Administering the Government.

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

Ordinance No. 11 of 1930.

cf. Ordin.

ance No. 3 of 1924.

cf. Ordin-

29th November, 1940,

An Ordinance to regulate the entry and departure of persons into and out of the Colony, to prohibit the entry of undesirable immigrants and to confer various powers in connexion therewith.

[29th November, 1940.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Immigration Control Ordinance, 1940.

2. In this Ordinance-

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Depôt

'Master"

means a depôt established under section 4;

means the person, other than a pilot licensed and registered under the Pilots Ordinance, 1930, having command or charge of any vessel;

"Passenger " means any person, other than the master, pilot and seamen, carried in a vessel, and includes a stowaway and a seaman seeking to land for discharge;

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"Through passenger means any passenger who is travelling to a place outside the Colony and who is to continue his journey in the vessel by which he arrived ;

"Port of the Colony means any port for the time being included as a port of the Colony in Table W of the Regulations under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899;

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'Seaman includes every person (except masters, ance No. 10 pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) em-

ployed or engaged in any capacity on board any vessel;

of 1899,

s. 2(m).

cf. Ordin- ance No. 10

of 1899, s. 2(g).

Appointment of Immigra tion Officer, Deputies & Assistants.

"Vessel" includes any description of vessel used in navigation.

3.—(1) The Governor may appoint any person, either by name or office, to be the Immigration Officer for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, and also such number of Deputy Immigration Officers and Assistant Immigration Officers as he may think fit.