Page 200
Page 200
ALIENS.
Officer to apply for a certificate of admission if such alien can prove to the satisfaction of the Immigration Officer that he arrived in the Colony or in any Malay State under His Majesty's protection before the first day of January, 1933.
(3) Every certificate of admission shall be in the prescribed form. It shall be valid for a period of two years only, and shall be renewable, on application by the holder, for any number of further periods of two years each.
(4) Any alien to whom a certificate of admission has been issued in any Malay State under His Majesty's protection may, if he is residing in the Colony, apply for a renewal of such certificate of admission and such application shall be treated in all respects as if it were an application for the renewal of a certificate of admis- sion issued under this section.
(5) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Immigration Officer shall not refuse to issue or renew a certificate of admission unless, after inquiry, he shall find that the applicant-
to
(a) cannot show that he has in his possession the means of decently supporting himself and his dependants, if any, or that he has definite employment or, in the opinion of the Immigration Officer, a reasonable prospect of obtaining employment; or
(b) is a professional beggar or vagrant or a person likely to become a charge upon the public or upon any public or charitable institution; or (c) has been banished from any country or has been shipped from any country by the Gov- ernment of such country with a view to his being repatriated; or
(d) is a person living on the earnings of prostitu-
tion; or
(e) is suspected of being likely to promote sedition or to cause a disturbance of public tran- quillity.
(6) The Immigration Officer shall furnish, on request, any alien who has been refused the issue or renewal of a certificate of admission under subsection (5) a statement in writing setting forth the reasons for his decision.
170
[Cap. 90
13
Page 200
Page 200
Page 200Page 201