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Trobibition of entry except at *pecified point and with the

permission of the Immigra tion Officer.

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(60) immigrant menns any person other than a person born in the Colony and in possession of documentary proof of such birth;

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immigration annuination signal means anch signal as the Governor in Council by regulation prescribes for ships which arrive in the Colony;

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LE master means any person, except a pilot, having command of any vessel and the captain of any aircraft;

#. (x) passenger means any person carried in a vessel or aircraft, other than the master, captain or crew;

Registrar of 'Aliens''

means such officer as the Governor may appoint to be Registrar of Aliens;

(7)

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(4) seaman nicans any person carried on the articles of a vessel as a boua fide member of the staff employed in the operation or service of such vessel and shall inclule the

master.

(2) Save where the contrary expressly appears or other provision is made by regulation any permit required by this Ordinance may be given verbally or in writing.

(3) Whenever the detention of any person is authorised by this Ordinance it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make provision by regulation for the place and the manner in which such detention shall be affected and until provision is made by regulation such detention shall be carried out in such place and manner as the Governor may by writing under his hand direct. Any person detained in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.

3.

(1) The Governor may appoint, by name or office, any person to be the Immigration Officer for the Colony and also such number of Deputy Immigration Officers and Immigration Control Officers as he may think fit.

(2) The powers and discretions vested in the Immigration Officer hereunder and the duties required to be discharged by him may be exercised and discharged by a Deputy Immigration Officer or an Immigration Control Officer: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by regulation to provide that such powers and discretions as may be specified in such regulation shall be exercisable by the Immigration Officer only or shall not be exercisable by an Immigration Control Officer.

4.

No person may enter the Colony save-

(c) at an authorised landing place or point of entry; and (6) under and in accordance with a permit of the Immigration Officer.

(1) The master of every vessel which arrives in the Procedure on Colony shall hoist the immigration examination signal and shall arrival of exhibit such signal until authorised by an Immigration Officer vessels.

to haul it down.

(2) Every such master shall, if so ordered by the Immigration Officer, anchor or tie up his vessel at such place as may be ordered and shall remain there until the Tramigration Officer gives him permission to leave.

(3) Save under and in accordance with a permit of the Immigration Officer to person other than the pilot or the Port Health Officer shall leave or board any such vessel until such vessel has been examined by the Immigration Officer and the immigration examination signal has been hauled down, nor may any person (other than the crows of the vessels carrying the said officiula) approach within 30 yards of the vessel.

(4) The master shall detain on his vessel every person on board until the vessel has been examined and may use any nieans reasonably necessary for the purpose.

6. Except in accordance with a permit of the Immigration Prohibition of Officer, no article or thing shall be removed or taken from, or the removal put on board, any vessel until sucb vessel has been examined by berart the Immigration Officer, under section 7.

of articles

examination.

7. (1) The master of every vessel entering or leaving the Production of Colony shall, whenever required to do so by the Immigration certain list Officer-

and

persons

by masters of vessels

(a) exbibit to such officer a complete list of the and caperin

officers and crew;

(6) produce to such officer for inspection and interrogation all the officers and members of the crew;

(e) submit to such search of his vessel as may be necessary to establish the presence or abaruce of other persons on board;

(d) produce his ships's papera;

(s) report the presence of any deportee or stowaway

(2) In the case of passenger carrying vessels, the master shall, in addition, produce-

or any unauthorised person on board,

(a) a complete list of all the passengers arranged alphabetically, specifying their nationality, place of birth, calling or occupation, the ports or places of their embarkation and the ports or places of their disembarkation or intended disembarkation: (6) all the passengers for inspection and interroga-

tion.

(3) In the case of aircraft, the captain of the aircraft shall land his aircraft at such places and during such periods as the Governor may direct by notification in the Gazette.

of aircraft.

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