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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 2, 1931.

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Detention Warrants. Schedule

3B. (1) A warrant in Form I in the Sche- dule may be used also where the summary Form No. 1. procedure authorised by section 3 (1) is adopted, provided the Governor is satisfied that detention is necessary in order that the proceedings may be completed.

Schedule Form No. 4.

Deportation Order

against

British

subject. Schedule

Form No. 7.

(2) In proceedings under this Ordinance the Governor may from time to time by warrant authorise the detention of a person already in custody for a further period of seven days from the date of the expiration of the previous warrant or of the sentence as the case may be, provided the Governor is satisfied that the said person ought to be detained in order that further enquiry may be made or the existing proceedings completed. A warrant under this sub-section may be in Form No. 4 in the Schedule with such variation as the case may require.

4.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this section the Governor in Council may issue a deportation order in Form No. 7 in the Sche- dule, against any person whom he finds to be a British subject if in the opinion of the Gov- ernor in Council he-

(a) has been guilty before or after the commencement of this Ordinance of any criminal offence, or of any other misconduct, connected with the pre- paration, commencement, prosecution, defence or maintenance of any legal proceedings, or the sharing in the proceeds thereof, or the settlement or compromise thereof, or the obtain- ing or preparation of evidence in anticipation thereof or in relation thereto; or

(b) has been guilty before or after the commencement of this Ordinance of any criminal offence, or of any other misconduct, which is not included under paragraph (a) but which is connected with the administration of the law relating to bankruptcy or of the law relating to the winding-up of companies; or

(c) has been guilty before or after the commencement of this Ordinance of any criminal offence, or of any other misconduct, connected with the pre- paration, registration, presentation, filing, issuing or certifying of any document which any public officer is required or empowered to register, receive, file issue, or certify; or

(d) was born in the Colony of parents neither of whom was a British sub- jeet at the date of the birth of such person unless he has obtained a certificate of his British birth under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony; or

(e) has acted, is acting, or is about to act, whether within or without the Colony, in a manner prejudicial to public safety, or to the defence, peace or security of His Majesty's dominions, or any part thereof, or of any territory which is under His Majesty's protection or in respect of which a mandate is being exercised by the Government of any part of His Majesty's dominions,

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