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Provisions
as to transit visas and limiting endorse- ments.
the case of a travel document, by a competent official, not more than five years before the arrival of the holder in the Colony, and that it is still within the period of its validity if any such period be stated.
(c) it has a photograph of the person or persons to whom it relates so affixed as to obviate the possibility of its removal and the substitution of another photograph: Provided that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of any Pardanashin or Gosha woman; and
(d) in the case of a person who is neither a British subject nor a British protected person, it bears a visa, by a British Consular Officer in a foreign country or state or by a duly authorized official in some part of His Majesty's dominions, or in any British protectorate or protected state or any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty which was granted not more than one year before the arrival of such person 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 : Provided that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of a person included in any agreement, applicable to this Colony, between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or the Government of this Colony and any other Government, for the mutual abolition or waiver of visas.
11. (1) The holder of a valid passport or travel docu- ment or entry permit with a visa authorizing transit only through the Colony 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 the holder of a passport, travel document or entry permit with a visa authorizing direct transit only shall proceed to his destination by the earliest means of transport of which he can reasonably avail himself : Provided that in either case the duration of the stay in the Colony of any such holder may be extended with the consent in writing of the Immigration Officer for which consent there shall be charged either the fee of $5 or a fee equal to the difference between the cost of a transit visa and the cost of an ordinary visa in the case in question, whichever fee be the higher.
(2) Where the holder of a valid passport, travel docu- ment or entry permit is an alien, who has not resided in the Colony for more than one month since his last arrival therein, it shall be lawful for the Immigration Officer to make an endorsement thereon, without fee, defining a limited period during which the alien may stay in the Colony.
(3) The holder of a valid passport, travel document or entry permit which bears an endorsement defining a limited period of stay in the Colony shall not remain in the Colony after the period has expired: Provided that the period of his stay may be extended with the consent in writing of the Immigration Officer, for which consent the fee of $5 shall be paid unless reciprocal arrangements exist with the country of which the holder is a national for dispensing with fees for permits of the same or similar effect.
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