CO129-590-11 Commission of Enquiry into irregularities in Immigration Departments 22-4-1941 - 19-12-1941 — Page 156

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lir. Porrenti

As far as the public wave concerned it was the Kobza

Art Studios.

Mr. 2001 My was not this nae mentioned in the notice?

A.

Because I did not wish any person to be advertised. I wished

simply to inform the public that facilities existed if they

wished to have such facilities.

fon't you see, if his name is not down there it is quite possible

for one of your cler's to represent himself as himself being

the agent or the agent of Mr. Fobza-"agy?

That is possible in any case with or without this notice,surely

Take the second notice. Will you resd it plonne, the translation.

(Translation of notice 3 read by Fr. Forest)

Copy abeached

.Now, will you check the translation?

A Yes. It is pretty good.

In the first part of this notice the public are informed that

the general agent, that is Kr. Kobze-Bagy, has been authorised

to grant a temporary entry penalt in certain circumstanceB?

Yes.

That persons in possession of such permite vill not be required

to furnish a deposit. Unler what authority did you purjort

to mot in delegating this highly important over to the gorersl

agont?

A. I hd m authority at all. Is it expressly forbidden anywhere?

I think an a intter of fact section 6 or 7 of the Immi ration

Ordinance expressly allows it, though I am not very sure of

that.

Section 9: "The Immigration Officer may in his discretion

rofuse permission to land, or to remain after landing in the

Colony or to enter or to remain after entering, beyond ↑ such

period as he may sanotion, to any person who...(b) is not in

po:session of" (the requisite documente). In other words, I an

not required to refuse permission to land or to remain in the

Colony, etc., if the person has not got the documents. I have

discretion in the matter, and one of the teus on which I can

exercise my discretion le that, after the application shall

have already been made and the feen paid to some person holding

them for eventual payment to the overnment - an appli ation has

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