Hong Kong Regulations

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 25A

Exclusion of certain persons from the Ordinance

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A person to whom this regulation applies is excluded from the provisions
of the Ordinance and shall not be registered nor provided with an identity
card.

(2) This regulation applies to-

   (a)  all persons previously resident in Vietnam who are permitted to remain
        in Hong Kong as refugees pending their resettlement elsewhere; and

   (b)  all persons who-

        (i)    are qualified to apply for a certificate of entitlement under
               section 2AB of the Immigration Ordinance ( Cap 115);

        (ii)   have not been issued with a certificate of entitlement within
               the meaning of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap115); and

        (iii)  are residing for the time being in the Mainland of China.

(124 of 1997 s. 11)

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)(b)(iii)-

   (a)  a person who-

        (i)    stays in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of
               Immigration after landing in Hong Kong unlawfully; and

        (ii)   was ordinarily resident in the Mainland of China immediately
               before such landing, shall be regarded as residing in the
               Mainland of China during such stay;

   (b)  a person who-

        (i)    has been given permission under section 11 of the Immigration 
               Ordinance ( Cap 115) to land in Hong Kong;

        (ii)   is subject to the conditions of stay specified in regulation
               2(1) or (2) of the Immigration Regulations ( Cap 115 sub. leg.
               A) during his stay in Hong Kong after such landing; and

        (iii)  was ordinarily resident in the Mainland of China immediately
               before such landing, shall be regarded as residing in the
               Mainland of China during such stay.

(124 of 1997 s. 11) (L.N. 33 of 1980)