THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 27, 1916. 647
No. 466. The following regulations relating to persons entering or leaving New Zealand are published for general information.
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In the following regulations "Passport means a passport which has been issued by the Government of the country of which the person to whom it relates is a subject or citizen and which is still in force, or some other document satisfactorily establishing the nationality or identity of the person to whom it relates to which passport or document there is attached a photograph of the person to whom it relates.
After the first day of October, 1916, no person whose age exceeds fifteen years shall land at any place in New Zealand from any place beyond the seas unless he has in his possession a passport which has been issued to him not more than two years before his arrival in New Zealand, and which in the case of a person coming from a foreign country has been issued or viséd by the British Ambassador or a British Consul in that country, and in the case of a person coming from any part of the British dominions has been issued or viséd by some public official thereof duly authorised in that behalf,
The last preceding regulation shall not apply to
(a) any person returning from the Commonwealth of Australia if he is in possession of a permit to visit the Commonwealth issued to him under the authority of the war regulation relating to such permits;
(b) any person visiting New Zealand from the Commonwealth of Australia if he is in possession of a permit to visit New Zealand issued to him by or under the authority of the Department of External Affairs of the Com- monwealth;
(c) any person visiting New Zealand from the Cook Islands or that part of Samoa in the military occupation of His Majesty if he is in possession of a permit to visit New Zealand issued to him by a Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands, or by the Administrator of Samoa as the case may be;
(d) any person resident in New Zealand returning to New Zealand on a return
ticket issued to him in New Zealand;
(e) any member of the Naval or Military forces of any part of the British
dominions entering New Zealand on duty;
(ƒ) any person arriving in New Zealand as the master or a member of the crew
of the vessel in which he arrives ;
The Minister of Internal Affairs or any person authorised by him to grant exemptions may exempt any person from any or all of the provisions of the last preceding regulation. If such exemption is granted subject to any condition and the person to whom it is granted fails to comply with that condition, he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
Any officer and any Collector of Customs may take possession of any passport in the possession of any person entering New Zealand.
An alien being the master or a member of the crew of a vessel arriving at any port in New Zealand after the first day of October, 1916, shall not land at that port unless he has in his possession a passport issued to him not more than two years before his arrival.
Where an alien is under the provisions of this regulation prohibited from landing at any port the Collector of Cnstons may nevertheless grant him temporary permission to land for such purposes and subject to such conditions as the Collector thinks, and if he fails to comply with any of those conditions he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
Where an alien who is not in possession of any such passport is a member of the crew of any such vessel, the master shall as soon as may be after the arrival of the vessel at any port give written notice of the presence of that alien on board the vessel to the Collector of Customs, and that alien shall leave New Zealand with that vessel.
Nothing in these regulations shall apply to any master or member of the crew whose home is in New Zealand.
LIVERPOOL.