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115 PDFTitle:IMMIGRATION ORDINANCEGazette Number:124 of 1997; 28 of 1998
Section:2AHeading:Hong Kong permanent residents enjoy right of abode in Hong KongVersion Date:01/07/1997
Remarks:

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 28 of 1998 s. 2(2)

(1) A Hong Kong permanent resident enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong, that is to say he has, subject to section 2AA(2), the right- (Amended 124 of 1997 s. 3)

        (a) to land in Hong Kong;
        (b) not to have imposed upon him any condition of stay in Hong Kong, and any condition of stay that is imposed shall have no effect;
        (c) not to have a deportation order made against him; and
        (d) not to have a removal order made against him.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(c), no person against whom a deportation order was made prior to 1 July 1987 enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong unless the deportation order has expired or been revoked.