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FIRST COLUMN. Ordinance to be amended and item thereof.

46. Immigrants

Control

Ordinance, 1949. (No. 4 of 1949.)

-Contd.

(2) Section *.

(3) Section 8.

(4) Section 9.

SECOND COLUMN.

Detail of amendment or repeal.

(b) by the addition of the following sub-

section as subsection (4)–

"(4) This Ordinance shall have effect in relation to the citizens of the Republic of Ireland who

are not British subjects in like manner as it has effect in relation to British subjects."

(2) Section 7 is amended by the repeal of sub- section (4) and the substitution therefor of the following--

"(4) In the case of an aircraft, the captain shell, in addition to the require- ments of subsection (1), produce-

(a) a passenger list arranged as in

paragraph (4) of subsection (2);

(b) a complete list of the officers and

crew of his aircraft;

(c) all the passengers for inspection

and interrogation."

(3) Section 8 is amended by the addition at the

end thereof of the following-

*'Contravention of such instructions shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars."

(4) Section 9 is amended-

(a) by the addition in the sixth line of sub- section (1) after the words "'incriminate him" of the following-

"under this Ordinance";

(5) by the renumbering of subsection (2)

as subsection (4);

(c) by the addition of the following sub- sections as subsections (2) and (3)-

FIRST COLUMN. Ordinance to be amended and item thereof,

46. Immigrants

Control Ordinance, 1949- (No. 4 of 1949-) -Contd.

(5) Section 11.

SECOND COLUMN. Detail of amendment or repeal.

(a) The Immigration Officer may require any person who arrives in the Colony or who is about to leave the Colony by sea, air or land to make and sign any prescribed form of declaration.

(3) If any person arriving in the Colony refuses to answer any questions pul to him under this ser- tion or gives unsatisfactory answers or refuses to make and sign any prescribed form of declaration, the Immigration Officer may prohibit him from landing and may in his discre- tion detain him pending an oppor- tunity to return him to his place of embarkation or to the country of his birth or citizenship."

(5) Section I is amended-

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(a) by the deletion of the words on repatriation in the second and third lines of paragraph (f) of subsection (1); (b) by the addition in the third line of para- graph (h) of subsection (1) after the word "employment" of the following- "or that he is a person of indepen- dent means";

(c) by the addition in the second line of paragraph (2) of subsection (3) after the word "vessel" of the following-

**or aircraft'';

(d) by the insertion in the third line of paragraph (a) of subsection (5) after the words "five thousand dollars" of the following-