1958-HKRS28-8-25_Part03 — Page 10

Authenticated Laws 確真本香港法例 All

Transit vises.

Discretion to limit period of stay.

Power to require declaration of alien.

Registra- tion re quirements

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(c) a photograph of the holder so affixed and authenticated that removal of such photograph and substitution by another is unlikely; and

(d) in the case of non-British subjects and non-British pro- tected persons, a visa granted by a British consular officer, or where there is no consular system, by a British official of similar authority and status, which was granted not more than one year before the arrival of the holder in the Colony and is still within the period of its validity, and which is either specifically or generally applicable to the journey on which the holder is engaged or which he has completed by his arrival in the Colony.

21. The holder of a valid travel document, which bears a transit visa only, shall not remain in the Colony longer than is reasonably necessary to enable him to tranship or to find other means by which to proceed to his destination; and if the visa is for direct transit, he shall proceed by the most direct and speedy

means:

Provided that the Immigration Officer may, for any reason which he shall deem sufficient, grant an extension.

22. The Immigration Officer shall, at all times, have dis- cretion to limit the stay of any immigrant entering the Colony.

PART III.

Aliens.

23. Any alien arriving in or having entered the Colony, on being required to do so by general or specific instruction from the Immigration Officer, shall make a declaration as to whether he is carrying or conveying any letters, written messages or memoranda, or any written or printed matter, including plans, photographs and other pictorial representations, and, if so required, shall produce such articles to the Immigration Officer-

24. Every alien who has attained the age of sixteen years shall comply with the following requirements as to registration-

(4) he shall furnish to the Registrar of Aliens such particu- lars and photographs and within such time as the Registrar of Aliens may prescribe by notice in the Gaselte;

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(b) he shall within forty-eight hours of any occurrence affecting the accuracy of information already given furnish to the Registrar of Aliens details of the change;

(c) he shall, if he is about to change his residence, notify to the Registrar of Aliens the details of such change within forty-eight hours of the occurrence;

(d) he shall not leave the Colony, without notifying the

Registrar of Aliens of his intended departure;

(e) if he is granted a stay of three months or more he shall obtain a registration book from the Registrar of Aliens and comply with any conditions applicable to him indorsed therein;

() an alien who has no permanent residence must report each address in the Colony at which he stays to the Registrar of Aliens :

Provided that if the name and address of a British subject is supplied as a guarantor, this condition may be relaxed by the Registrar of Aliens within his dis- cretion.

demand production

25. (1) Every alien shall on the demand of the Immigration Power to Officer or of any deputy immigration officer or of any immigra tion control officer or of any police officer or of any member of of docu- Her Majesty's forces acting in the execution of duty, either-

(4) produce his registration document; or (b) produce a valid travel document; or

(c) give a satisfactory explanation of the absence of either

of such documents.

(2) If such alien fails to do so, he may be detained.

ments.

of keepers

26. (1) It shall be the duty of the keeper of any premises Obligations whether furnished or unfurnished where lodging or sleeping of residen- accommodation is provided for reward, to keep a record in such Bal accom- form as may be prescribed, of all persons staying at the premises modation. who are not under the age of sixteen years.

(2) If so directed, the said keeper shall furnish to the Registrar of Aliens such true returns as may be prescribed.

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