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Arrest and Detention Warrant.
No. 9 of 1912.
DEPORTATION.
3. (1) Whenever it shall appear to the Governor that there are reasonable grounds for enquiry as to whether any person should be deported under this Ordinance he may issue a warrant in the form No. 1 in the schedule authorising the arrest and detention of any such person for a period of six days.
(2) When in pursuance of any such warrant any person named therein shall have been received into custody in the House of Detention the Superintendent thereof shall cause the Registrar General to be informed of the fact.
(3) Thereafter the Registrar General or any Assistant Registrar General shall attend at the House of Detention and shall ask the person in custody the questions set out in form No. 2 in the schedule, or if such person does not appear to understand the English language such questions shall be duly interpreted.
(4) The person so attending shall cause the answers (if any) of the person in custody to be taken down in writing and if the said answers are in English shall certify them under his hand, or if they are not in English shall cause both the original and the translation to be certified under the hand of the interpreter, or if no answers are given shall certify that fact under his hand.
(5) Thereafter the Registrar General shall transmit to the Colonial Secretary a report, in form No. 3 in the schedule, for the consideration of the Governor-in-Council.
(6) The Governor may from time to time by warrant in the form No. 4 in the schedule authorise the detention of a person, in custody under any warrant issued under this section, for a further period of four days from the date of the expiration of the previous warrant, provided that the Governor is satisfied that the said person ought to be so detained in order that further enquiry may be made.
(7) A Magistrate may at any time admit any person, in custody under any warrant issued under this section, to bail in the form No. 5 in the schedule on his procuring or producing such surety or sureties as in the opinion of the Magistrate, will be sufficient to ensure the appearance and surrender of such person at the House of Detention on any specified date and time.
(8) The Colonial Secretary by direction of the Governor may by order in form No. 6 in the schedule direct the release of any person in custody under any such warrant as aforesaid and on
2238
Arrest and Detention Warrant.
No. 9 of 1912.
DEPORTATION.
3. (1) Whenever it shall appear to the Governor that there are reasonable grounds for enquiry as to whether any person should be deported under this Ordinance he may issue a warrant in the form No. 1 in the schedule authorising the arrest and detention of any such person for a period of six days.
(2) When in pursuance of any such warrant any person named therein shall have been received into custody in the House of Detention the Superintendent thereof shall cause the Registrar General to be informed of the fact.
(3) Thereafter the Registrar General or any Assistant Registrar General shall attend at the House of Detention and shall ask the person in custody the questions set out in form No. 2 in the schedule, or if such person does not appear to understand the English language such questions shall be duly interpreted.
(4) The person so attending shall cause the answers (if any) of the person in custody to be taken down in writing and if the said answers are in English shall certify them under his hand, or if they are not in English shall cause both the original and the translation to be certified under the hand of the interpreter, or if no answers are given shall certify that fact under his haud.
(5) Thereafter the Registrar General shall transmit to the Colonial Secretary a report, in form No. 3 in the schedule, for the consideration of the Governor-in-Council.
(6) The Governor may from time to time by warrant in the form No. 4 in the schedule authorise the detention of a person, in custody under any warrant issued under this section, for a further period of four days from the date of the expiration of the previous warrant, provided that the Governor is satisfied that the said person ought to be so detained in order that further enquiry may be made.
(7) A Magistrate may at any time admit any person, in custody under any warrant issued under this section, to bail in the form No. 5 in the schedule on his procuring or producing such surety or sureties as in the opinion of the Magistrate, will be sufficient to ensure the appearance and surrender of such person at the House of Detention on any specified date and time.
(8) The Colonial Secretary by direction of the Governor may by order in form No. 6 in the schedule direct the release of any person in custody under any such warrant as aforesaid and on
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