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[s. 20 cont.]

Transit visas.

Possession of passport, etc., which is forged, etc.

24 of 1950, Schedule.

Discretion to limit period of stay.

Immigrants Control.

and

(c) a photograph of the holder so affixed and authenticated that removal of such photograph substitution by another is unlikely; and

(d) in the case of non-British subjects and non-British protected persons, a visa granted by a British consular officer, or where there is no consular system, by a British official of similar authority and status, which was granted not more than one year before the arrival of the holder in the Colony and is still within the period of its validity, and which is either specifically or generally applicable to the journey on which the holder is engaged or which he has completed by his arrival in the Colony.

21. The holder of valid travel documents, which bear a transit visa only, shall not remain in the Colony longer than is reasonably necessary to enable him to tranship or to find other means by which to proceed to his destination; and if the visa is for direct transit, he shall proceed by the most direct and speedy means: Provided that the Immigration Officer may, for any reason which he shall deem sufficient, grant an extension.

22. Any person who without lawful authority or excuse has in his possession a passport, entry permit, certificate of residence, frontier pass, a medical or other certificate issued for travel purposes, or other travel document which is forged, altered or false in any material particular shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.

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23. The Immigration Officer shall, at all times, have discretion to limit the stay of any immigrant entering the Colony.

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PART III.

ALIENS.

Declaration may be required of alien.

24. Any alien arriving in or having entered the Colony, on being required to do so by general or specific instruction from the Immigration Officer, shall make a declaration as

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