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Transit visas.

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(b) an indication that it is still valid according to the laws of the country or state by which it was issued; and

(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 or non-British protected 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 valid travel documents, which bear 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 discretion limit period to limit the stay of any immigrant entering the Colony.

of stay.

Declaration may be

required of alien.

Registration require-

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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 16 years shall comply with the following requirements as to registration-

(a) he shall forthwith furnish to the Registrar of Aliens such particulars and photographs as may be prescribed by regulation;

(6) 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 endorsed therein;

(f) 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 discretion.

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25. (1) Every alien shall on the demand of the Immigration Production of Officer or of any Deputy Immigration Officer or of any Immigration demand. Control Officer or of any police officer or of any member of His Majesty's Forces acting in the execution of duty, either—

(a) 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.

26. (1) It shall be the duty of the keeper of any premises Obligations of whether furnished or unfurnished where lodging or sleeping keepers of

premises accommodation is provided for reward, to keep a record in such offering form as may be prescribed, of all persons staying at the premises residential who are not under the age of 16 years.

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

(3) It shall be the duty of every person (whether an alien or not) staying at any such premises to sign, when so required, a statement of his nationality and, if an alien, to furnish and sign a statement of such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(4) All registers so kept shall be available at all times for inspection by the Registrar of Aliens or by any police officer.

accommoda- tion.

27. Where there is resident in any premises to which section Obligation on 26 does not apply, including hospitals, nursing homes, schools and occupier of premises to other institutions, any person whom the occupier of the premises which section knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be an alien, it shall 26 does not be the duty of the occupier to satisfy himself as far as he apply. reasonably can that the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to the registration of and reporting of his movements by that person have been complied with and if he is not so satisfied to report the presence of that person to the nearest police station within forty-eight hours.