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Addition of

new section

ZZA.

Repeal and replacement

of section 24.

(iv) if the bolder thereof is an alien, a visa which was granted, not more than one year prior to his arrival in the Colony, by an officer who is authorized to issue vigas in respect of the Colony and which is valid at the date of his arrival in the Colony and applicable, either generally or specifically, to the journey on which he is engaged or which he has completed by his arrival in the Colony.

(2) For the purpose of giving effect to any agreement which seeks to dispense with the necessity for travel docar- ments to bear visas, either generally or in particular cases, and which applies to the Colony, the Director of Immigra- tion may waive the requirements of sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) in respect of the persons or classes or descriptions of persons to whom the agreement relates.".

16. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition thereto. in Part 11 after section 22, of the following new section-

**Recovery

of penalty where

passenger

without

valid travel

document is

brought to Colony by aircraft,

22A. (1) If any person arrives in the Colony by aircraft without a valid travel document, the owner or charterer of the aircraft in which he was brought to the Colony or the agent in the Colony of such owner of charterer shall, on demand by the Director of Immigration, pay to the Govemment, within seven days of such demand, a penalty of one thousand dollars.

(2) Any such penalty so demanded shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Crown and may be recovered by action in the District Court from such owner or charterer or from the agent in the Colony of such owner or charterer.".

17. Section 24 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-

"Aliens in Colony who atlain the ege of

sixteen to

deliver to

the Director certain par- Liculars, çiç.

24. (1) Save as provided in subsection (2), every alien in the Colony who attains the age of sixteen years shall, within one month thereafter, or, if he had already attained the age of sixteen years at the commencemeat of the Immigration (Control and Offences) (Amendment) Ordinance. 1961, within one month of the commencemeat of that Ordinance, furnish to the Director in the prescribed form the particulars required thereby and deliver to the Director such photograph or photographs of himself as may be prescribed.

I

(Cap. 243).

Changes in particulars furnished by

notified.

to-

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(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply

(a) aliens who are nationals of China or stateless

persons of the Chinese race; or

(b) aliens who, on arrival in the Colony or otherwise-

(i) have previously furnished to the Director or to the former Immigration Officer or to the former Registrar of Aliens the particulars required to be furnished to him by this Ordinance or the Immi- grants Control Ordinance repealed by section 44 or by any requirement made under either of those Ordinances; and

(i) have delivered to the Director or to the former Registrar of Aliens the photographs so required to be delivered to him.

24A. (1) Save as provided in subsection (2), every alien who has furnished to the Director or to the former aliens to be Immigration Officer or to the former Registrar of Aliens the particulars required to be furnished to him by this Ordinance or the Immigrants Control Ordinance repealed by section 44 or by any requirement made under either of those Ordinances shali, within forty-eight hours of any such change, notify the Director of any change in-

(Cap. 243).

(a) any of the particulars so furnished or furnished pursuant to the provisions of this section; or

(b) the address at which he resides.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply

to aliens who are nationals of China or stateless persons of the Chinese race.".

18. Section 25 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the dele- Amendment tion from subsection (1) thereof of the words "Immigration Officer or of section 25. of any deputy immigration officer or of any immigration control officer" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"Director".

19. Section 26 of the principal Ordinance is amended by-

Amendment

(a) the deletion from subsection (1) of the word "persons" and of section 26.

the substitution therefor of the following—

"alicos";

(b) the deletion from subsections (2) and (4) of the words "Registrar of Aliens" and the substitution therefor in each case of the following-

"Director"; and