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Hon vs. The Insular Collector of Customs

TAN HON, petitioner-appellee, vs. THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. 43604 | 1935-10-05

D E C I S I O N


RECTO, J:

Tan Hon, the petitioner, gained admission into Philippine territory in May, 1929, the corresponding certificate of residence having been issued to him on the 9th of said month. The administrative proceedings for his deportation were instituted only in February of this year, or after, the lapse of more than five years.

Section 19 of the Immigration Act of 1917 enumerates the different classes of aliens whose deportation should be ordered and in connection with some of said classes fixes the time within which the authorities concerned should take the necessary action to that effect, as follows:

"(1) Any alien...