(d) is a person suffering from a contagious disease which is

loathsome or dangerous; or

(4) being a person required to be in possession of a valid travel document is not in possession of such document or is in possession of a forged or altered travel document or a travel document which does not fully comply with any enactment or legal requirement in force; or

( has been removed from any country or state by the government authorities of any such country or state for any reason whatever; or

(g) is suspected of being likely to promote sedition or to

cause a disturbance of the public tranquillity; or

(b) is unable to show that he has definite employment awaiting him or that he has a reasonable prospect of obtaining such employment or that he is a person of independent means; or

() is a prostitute, a person living on the earnings of pro-

stitution or a person of known immoral character; or

(f) is not in possession of such certificates as may be necessary

under the quarantine regulations in force; or

(4) is prohibited from entering the Colony under any other

enactment for the time being in force,

the Immigration Officer may prohibit such person from landing in the Colony and may in his discretion detain him or, in lieu thereof, permit him to remain in the Colony for a limited period subject to such conditions as the Immigration Officer may impose under section 15, until an opportunity arises to return such person to his place of embarkation or to the country of his birth or citizenship.

(a) If any such immigrant refuses to answer any questions put to him under this section or gives unsatisfactory answers, the Immigration Officer may prohibit him from landing and may in his discretion detain him or, in lieu thereof, permit him to remain in the Colony for a limited period subject to such conditions as he may impose under section 15, pending an opportunity to return him to his place of embarkation or to the country of his birth or citizenship.

(3) If as a result of the exercise of the powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2)—

(a) an immigrant is prohibited from landing from a vessel or aircraft, the master of such vessel or the captain of such aircraft shall if so required by the Immigration Officer remove him from the Colony by the same vessel or air- craft; and

(b) an immigrant who has been detained in the Colony ar, who, in lieu of detention, has been permitted to remain therein for a limited period subject to such conditions as the Immigration Officer may impose under section 15, has not been removed therefrom in accordance with paragraph (a) hereof the master of such vessel and the captain of such aircraft, as the case may be, and the owner, charterer, agent or consignee of the vessel or air- craft shall whether or not any requirement has been made under paragraph (a) hereof be liable to pay to the Government all costs incurred by the Colony for the maintenance of and removal from the Colony of such person.

(4) The master of a vessel or the captain of an aircraft shall give to the Immigration Officer any information relating to any person on board the vessel or aircraft suspected of belonging to any of the classes mentioned in subsection (1) as is reasonably required for the purposes of this Ordinance, and shall answer to the best of his knowledge and belief all such questions touching Such persons as are put to him,

(5) If any person enters without permission of the Immigra- tion Officer-

(a) such person may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer and shall be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months; and (b) the master of the vessel and the captain of the aircraft, as the case may be, and the owner, charterer, agent or con- signee of the vessel or aircraft by which such person was brought to the Colony shall, unless any one of them can satisfy a magistrate that such entry was not due to any act or default on his part or of any person employed by him, be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars; and

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