605538-1940-Supplementary-Draft-Bills---Immigration-Control-Midwives-Amendment — Page 1

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Draft Bills.

No. S. 527.-The following Bills are published for general information :-

A BILL

[No. 27 :-5.11.40.—.5]

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

Ordinance No. 11 of 1930.

cf. Ordin- ance No. 3 of 1924.

cf. Ordin-

of 1899,

INTITULED

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.

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—

'Depôt means a depôt established under section 4;

Master "

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;

." 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;

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

s. 2(m).

cf. Ordin-

ance No. 10 of 1899,

s. 2(g).

tion Officer,

Appointment 3.-(1) The Governor may appoint any person, either of Immigra- 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.

Deputies & Assistants.

Establish. ment of depôts.

(2) A Deputy Immigration and an Assistant Immigration Officer shall, subject to such limitations as may be prescribed or as may be imposed on them by superior administrative instructions, have all the powers and may perform any of the duties of the Immigration Officer.

4. The Governor may by notification in the Gazette appoint a depôt or any number of depôts for the admission and examination of passengers and seamen and generally for the purposes of this Ordinance.

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