§336-5 Release of aliens for return to native land. The official or board in charge of any institution of the State in which any alien may be maintained or confined, may, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, release any alien from the institution for the purpose of returning or being returned to the alien's native land, such release to be conditioned upon the person so released remaining away from the State. [L 1933, JR 3; RL 1935, §1014; RL 1945, §3825; RL 1955, §84-5; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §336-5; gen ch 1985]