CAP. 243]
[s. 9 cont.]
9 of 1950, Schedule.
Places of examination.
Undesirable immigrants.
Immigrants Control.
Colony by sea, air or land to make and sign any prescribed form of declaration.
(3) If any person arriving in the Colony refuses to answer any questions put to him under this section or gives unsatisfactory answers or refuses to make and sign any prescribed form of declaration, the Immigration Officer may prohibit him from landing and may in his discretion detain him pending an opportunity to return him to his place of embarkation or to the country of his birth or citizenship.
(4) All such answers and documents shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings under this Ordinance against the person making, disclosing or producing the same: Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as rendering any such answer inadmissible in any other proceedings in which they would otherwise be admissible.
10. Any person who arrives in the Colony or who is about to leave the Colony by sea, air or land, shall, if so directed by the Immigration Officer, proceed, at or before such time as is directed by such officer, to such place or places as such officer directs for further examination of his case and shall remain at such place until permitted to leave by the Immigration Officer.
11. (1) If, during the examination of persons arriving in the Colony, or after such inquiry as may be necessary, it is found that any immigrant-
(a) does not have the means of subsistence and is diseased, maimed, blind, idiot, lunatic or decrepit and may be hindered by his state from earning a livelihood; or
(b) is unable to show that he has in his possession the means of decently supporting himself and his dependants, if any, until he obtains a livelihood; or
(c) is a person likely to become a vagrant, beggar or a charge upon any public or private charitable institution; or
(d) is a person suffering from a contagious disease which is loathsome or dangerous; or
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CAP. 243]
[s. 9 cont.]
9 of 1950, Schedule.
Places of examination.
Undesirable immigrants.
Immigrants Control.
Colony by sea, air or land to make and sign any prescribed form of declaration.
(3) If any person arriving in the Colony refuses to answer any questions put to him under this section or gives unsatisfactory answers or refuses to make and sign any prescribed form of declaration, the Immigration Officer may prohibit him from landing and may in his discretion detain him pending an opportunity to return him to his place of embarkation or to the country of his birth or citizenship.
(4) All such answers and documents shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings under this Ordinance against the person making, disclosing or producing the same: Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as rendering any such answer inadmissible in any other proceedings in which they would otherwise be admissible.
10. Any person who arrives in the Colony or who is about to leave the Colony by sea, air or land, shall, if so directed by the Immigration Officer, proceed, at or before such time as is directed by such officer, to such place or places as such officer directs for further examination of his case and shall remain at such place until permitted to leave by the Immigration Officer.
11. (1) If, during the examination of persons arriving in the Colony, or after such inquiry as may be necessary, it is found that any immigrant-
(a) does not have the means of subsistence and is diseased, maimed, blind, idiot, lunatic or decrepit and may be hindered by his state from earning a livelihood; or
(b) is unable to show that he has in his possession the means of decently supporting himself and his dependants, if any, until he obtains a livelihood;
or
(c) is a person likely to become a vagrant, beggar or a charge upon any public or private charitable institution; or
(d) is a person suffering from a contagious disease
which is loathsome or dangerous; or
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