Amendment

of section 2

(34 of 1958).

2.

Section 2 of the laumigration (Control and Offences) Ordinance, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance) is amended in subsection (1) by-

(a) the insertion therein, after the definition of the word “crew",

of the following new definition-

"""Director" means the Director of Immigration and, save where the expression Director of Immigration is used, also means any assistant director of immigration and any chief immigration inspector;";

(b) the deletion of the definition of the words "Registrar of

Aliens"; and

(c) the deletion of the definition of the words "travel document"

and the substitution therefor of the following-

Repeal of section 3.

3.

AmendmenL

4.

of section 5.

Repeal and replacement

of seclion 7.

**travel document" means a passport issued by a com petent authority within or without the Colony and any document which establishes the identity of the holder thereof and is accepted by the Director of Immigration in lieu of a passport.".

Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion from subsection (1) of the word "an" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"the".

5. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-

"Production

of certain lists of per sons by masters of vessels and captains of aircraft, etc.

7. (1) The master of every vessel arriving at the Colony and the captain of every aircraft arriving at or departing from the Colony and, whenever he is required to do so by the Director, the master of every vessel depart ing from the Colony shall, immediately on the arrival of the vessel or aircraft or immediately prior to the departure thereof, as the case may be

(a) produce to the Director-

(i) a complete list of the crew of the vessel or aircraft: aud

(i) a complete list of the passengers, if any, which shall be arranged alphabetically and shall specify their nationality, place of birth, calling or occupation, the ports or places of their embarka- tion and the ports or places of their disembarka- tion or intended disembarkation; and

(Cap. 239). (Cap, 240).

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(b) produce all the passengers, if any, to the Director

for inspection and interrogation.

(2) Whenever he is required to do so by the Director- (a) the master of any vessel and the captain of any aircraft arriving at or departing from the Colony shall produce the crew of the vessel or aircraft to him for inspection and interrogation:

(b) the master of any vessel and the captain of any aircraft arriving at or departing from the Colony shall permit such search of the vessel or aircraft as may be necessary to establish who is on board the same; and

(c) the master of any vessel arriving at or departing from the Colony shall produce his ship's papers. (3) The master of any vessel and the captain of any aircraft arriving at or departing from the Colony shall report to the Director the presence on board the vessel or aircraft of any person whom he knows to be a person in respect of whore or against whom a deportation order bas been made or issued under the provisions of the Deportation (British Subjects) Ordinance or the Deportation of Aliens Ordinance or who is a stowaway or an unauthorized person.

(4) A copy of the lists required by the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) to be produced to the Director shall be furnished to him by, or on behalf of, the master of the vessel or the captain of the aircraft within forty-eight hours after the arrival or departure, as the case may be, of the vessel or aircraft."".

The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition thereto, Addition of after section 7, of the following new section—

"Delivery of particulars. He, by per

sons arriving in or depart ing from

Colony.

7A. (1) Save as provided in subsection (3), every person arriving in or departing from the Colony, being a person who has attained the age of sixteen years, shall, immediately on his arrival or immediately prior to his departure, as the case may be, furnish to the Director in the prescribed form the particulars required thereby.

(2) Save as provided in subsection (3), every alien who remains in the Colony for a period of more than fourteen days after his arrival and who has not previously delivered such photographs to the Director or to the former Registrar of Aliens within the period of three years preceding the day of his arrival shall, within forty-eight hours after the expiry of such period of fourteen days unless be has in

new section 1A.

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