Immigration Service Ordinance

The Immigration Service Ordinance is Chapter 331 of Hong Kong's Ordinances. It was introduced in 1961 as Cap 30 to create the Immigration Department (Hong Kong) which was previously under the control of Hong Kong Police Force since the 1940s.^[1]

Immigration Service Ordinance
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Long title An Ordinance to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a service to be known as the Immigration Service, to vest certain powers in its members and to provide for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid.
Citation	Cap. 331
Enacted by	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Legislative history
Introduced by	Acting Chief Secretary Edmund Brinsley Teesdale
Introduced	23 June 1961
First reading	21 June 1961
Second reading	2 August 1961
Third reading	2 August 1961
Status: Current legislation

The Ordinance also resulted in the transfer of Registration of Persons Ordinance 1949 and role of Commissioner of Registration from the Hong Kong Police to Immigration Department.

See also

• Hong Kong Identity Card
• Immigration Department (Hong Kong)
• Right of abode in Hong Kong
• Visa policy of Hong Kong
• Immigration Act 1971 - past at the same time as Hong Kong's ordinance and also dealt with right of abode