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Prohibition of

entry or

discharge without

permission

for taking

security.

PART IV.

SEAMEN.

28. (1) No member of a crew who is an immigrant may enter the Colony save under and in accordance with the permit of the Immigration Officer,

(2) The Immigration Officer may demand security and provision whether by deposit or otherwise from the master, owner, charterer or agent or consignee of the vessel or aircraft from which he has reasonable ground to suspect that any member of a crew is about to land contrary to the terms of any permit granted under sub-section (1) and may refuse to release the vessel or aircraft from examination until such security is furnished.

Exemption of alien seamen

from resi- dential provisions

of Part III

unless discharged.

Part V only

(3) No member of a crew who is an immigrant may be discharged or paid off in the Colony without the permission of the Immigration Officer and in any instance of contravention of this sub-section the master, owner, agent or consignee shall be liable for the maintenance of the person concerned and for the cost of his repatriation to his place of birth or citizenship.

29. The provisions of Part III of this Ordinance, other than sections 25, 26 and 27, shall not apply to an alien who is a member of a crew unless he is discharged or paid off.

PART V.

REGISTRATION OF IMMIGRANTS OTHER THAN ÅLIENS.

30. This Part shall be in force during such period or periods

to be enforced as the Governor may from time to time by proclamation in the on Governor's Gazette specify.

proclama.

tion.

Return to Commissioner of Police when required,

Power to

dance.

31. Every immigrant not registered as an alien under Part III shall, when required, make and sign a return in such form as may be prescribed and true to the best of his knowledge and belief and shall deliver such return to the Commissioner of Police at such time and place as the Commissioner of Police may direct.

32. If in any case it appears to the Commissioner of Police, require atten- or any officer deputed by him to receive and record such returns, that any return has not been duly made or that it is incomplete or incorrect or requires verification, and that it cannot be made, completed, corrected or verified without the attendance of the person concerned, the Commissioner of Police may in his absolute discretion by a notice served on such person require his attendance at such time and place as may be specified in the notice, and every person whose attendance is so required shall attend thereat on the date and at the time specified in the notice and answer truthfully to the best of his knowledge and belief such questions as may be addressed to him by a police officer for the purpose of making, completing, correcting or verifying the return. Any notice referred to in this section may be addressed to any person at his place of residence or business and served by post.

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PART VI.

GENERAL.

33. (1) Any person who contravenes, or fails to comply with, General any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulations made here- penalty. under or any condition of any permit given hereunder shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any person guilty of an offence for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable on summary conviction before a magistrate to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.

(3) Any immigrant who enters without a permit from the Immigration Officer or who enters in breach of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or who contravenes any condition subject to which his entry has been permitted shall upon conviction be liable in addition to expulsion from the Colony by order of the convicting magistrate. Any such order shall be sufficient authority for any police officer to arrest and detain such immigrant and to do all such other acts as may be necessary to enable such person to be removed from the Colony. Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 11 such person may be removed from the Colony by such method and route as the Governor may determine.

34. The Governor in Council may make regulations not Governor in inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance for-

Council empowered to

make

(a) defining the powers and duties of Deputy Immigra- regulations, tion Officers and Immigration Control Officers;

(b) providing immigrants leaving the Colony with travel documents and providing immigrants entering the Colony with Entry Permits, Certificates of Residence or Frontier Passes;

(e) appointing places of detention and providing for their regulation and management;

(d) prescribing an immigration examination signal; (e) providing for the furnishing of particulars, returns and photographs for the purposes of this Ordinance to the Registrar of Aliens and to the Commissioner of Police;

(ƒ) exempting any person or class of person either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as may be specified from complying with all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance;

(g) prescribing forms and fees;

(h) generally to carry out the provisions of this

Ordinance.