ALIENS
TIE ALIENS ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I. Preliminary
1. Short tide.
2. Interpretation.
3. Retention of nationality.
4. Appointment of immigration offimrs.
PART II. Admission of Aliens
5. Restriction on landing of aliens.
6. Eligibility for admission.
I . Power to impose and vary conditions to grant of leave to alien
8. Furnishing of security.
9. Inspection and detention of aliens.
to land.
10. Master to furnish returns.
PART III. Supervision and Deportafion of Aliens
11. Registration.
12. Particulars to be furnished by hotel keepers and others.
13. Registration authorities and officers.
14. Special restrictions.
15. Deportation orders.
16. Expenses of deportation.
PART IV. General
17. Power to grant exemptions.
18. Documents of identity and furnishing of information.
19. Revocation and variation of orders, etc.
20. offences and penalties.
21. Powers of arrest.
22. ReguIations.
23. Saving for consuls, etc.
SCHEDULES
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Cap. 9.
Acts
48 of 1964
25 of UBI.
THE ALIENS ACT
[28zh February, 1946.1 S. 11.
PART 1. Preliminary
1. This Act may be cited as the Aliens Act. Short title
lntcrpreta-
tim.
2. In th is Act-
“embark” includes departure by any form of conveyance;
“Hedth Officer” means any registered medical piactitioner
appointed by the Governor-General to be a Health
Officer for the purposes of this Act;
“keeper” where used in relation to premises where accom-
modation is provided for reward, includes any person
who for reward receives any other person to lodge in
the premises either on his own behalf or as a manager
or otherwise on behalf of any other person;
“lands” includes arrival or entry by any form of convey-
ance, and references to landing shall, unless the context
otherwise implies, be deemed to include references to
attempting to land;
“member of a crew” means any person employed in the
working or service of a vessel;
“passenger” means any person, other than a seaman,
travelling or seeking to travel on board a vessel;
“port” includes any place where a person lands in or
embarks from the Island;
“residence” means ordinary dwelling-place and, where an
alien has more than one dwelling-place, each of such
dwelling-places; and “resident” shall have a cor-
responding meaning;
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“seaman” means an officer or member of the crew of a
“vessel” includes aircraft; and “master of a vessel”
vessel;
includes the pilot of an aircraft.
Retention
ality.
3. For the purpose of this Act-
of nsnon-
(a) where an alien is recognized as a national by the
law of more than one foreign State, or where for
any reason it is uncertain what nationality (if
any) is to be ascribed to an alien, that alien may
be treated as the national of the State with which
he appears to be most closely connected for the
time being in interest or sympathy, or as being of
uncertain nationality or of no nationality;
(b) where a deportation order under the Aliens
Adhs ion and Deportation Regulation Law (now
repealed) or under this Act is in force against
any person, that person shall, unless the Minister
otherwise directs, be deemed to retain his nation-
ality as at the date of the order, notwithstanding
any intervening naturalization, marriage or any
other event.
Appoint- 4.-(1) The Governor-General may appoint a Chief
immigration Immigration Officer and also immigration officers for all or
any specified parts of the Island for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this Act and of any other enactmeni
relating to immigration or deportation.
(2) Subject to any special or general instructions
issued by the Minister, officers appointed under this Act
shall have power to enter or board any vessel and to detain
and examine any person arriving at or leaving any port in
the Island who is reasonably supposed to be an alien, and
to require the production of any documents by such person,
and shall have such other powers and duties as are conferred
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upon them by or under this Act or as may be prescribed for
giving effect to this Act.
PART 11. Admission of Aliens
5. Subject to such exemptions as may be made by the Restriction
Minister under section 17, an alien coming from outside the ~ , ! ~ i " g O f
Island shall not land in the Island except with the leave of
an immigration officer.
6. Leave shall not be given to an alien to land in the Eligibilityfor
Island unless he complies with the following conditions, admiSSiOn~
that is to say-
he is in a position to support himself and his
dependents;
if desirous of entering the service of an employer
in the Island, he produces a permit in writing
issued to him and in his name under the pro-
visions of the Foreign Nationals and Common- 4811964
wealth Citizen (Employment) Act; S. 1 1 .
he is not a person of unsound mind or a mentally
defective person;
he is not the subject of a certificate given to the
immigration officer by a Health Officer that for
medical reasons it is undesirable that the alien
should be permitted to land;
he has not been sentenced in a foreign country for
any extradition offence within the meaning of the
Extradition Act;
he is not the subject of a deportation order in force
under this Act or under the Aliens Admission and
Deportation Regulation Law (now repealed);
he has not been prohibited from landing by the
Minister;
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(h ) he is in possession of a visa (unless he is a national
of a country with which an agreement for the mutual
abolition of visas is in force);
(i) he fulfils such other requirements as may be
prescribed.
Power to
impose and
7.-(1) An Immigration Officer, in accordance with general
v,, condi- or special directions of the Minister, may attach such conditions
lions to grant as he may think fit to the grant of leave to an alien to land in the
of leave to
alien to land. Island, and the Minister or the Chief Immigration Officer acting
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under the directions of the Minister may at any time vary such
conditions in such manner as he thinks fit and the alien shall
comply with the conditions so attached or varied.
(2) An immigration officer may require an alien, as a
condition of granting him leave to land, to give the
prescribed security, and the Chief Immigration Officer may
require an alien, as a condition of granting a variation of
a condition attached to the leave to land, to give the
prescribed security.
(3) An alien who fails to comply with any condition
attached to the grant of leave to land or imposed by way of
variation of any condition so attached, or an alien who is
found in the Island at any time after the expiration of the
period limited by any such condition, shall for the purpose
of this Act be deemed to be an alien to whom leave to land
has been refused.
FUmi"ing 8.-(1) Whenever security has to be furnished by an alien
of security.
under this Act such security shall be in the form of a deposit
made with the Accountant-General and the amount thereof
shall, according to the case be- d)
(a) sixty dollars if he belongs to Colombia or
Venezuela or a country forming part of the con-
tinent of America to the north of those countries,
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or to any of the Islands of the North Atlantic
Oman;
(b) one hundred dollars if he belongs to a country
forming part of the continent of America to the
south of Colombia or Venezuela, or to a country
forming part of the continent of Europe or of
Africa;
(c) two hundred dollars if he belongs to any other
country :
Provided that in special cases, to be approved by the
Minister, the alien may give a security bond with one or
more sureties acceptable to the Chief Immigration Officer.
(2 ) Any s u m deposited under subsection (1) may be
applied in meeting any charges incurred by public or
parochial funds for the maintenance of the alien or his
dependents or incurred otherwise in connection with him or
them while in the Island m for his or their deportation.
or repatriation and the balance, if any, or the whole, if
no part is applied as aforesaid, shall only be refunded upon
the fulfilment of the oonditions attached to the grant of
leave to land or imposed by way of variation of such condi-
tions, and upon the alien leaving the Island within the
period limited by such conditions, or upon the cancellation
of the conditions by the Minister.
9.-(1) An immigration officer or a Health officer may Inspection
inspect any alien seeking to land in the Island and any :z:$k".
such inspection shall be made as soon as practicable after alicnr,
his arrival.
(2) For the purpose of such inspection an alien may
land temporarily and, provided he submits himself forth-
with to such inspection, shall be deemed not to have landed.
Any such alien may be detained in such manner as the
Minister may direct and while so detained shall be deemed
to be in legal custody.
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(3) An alien landing in contravention of this Act
and an alien seaman who, having been granted temporary
shore leave during his vessel's stay in port, is reasonably
suspected of having acted or of being about to act in con-
travention of this Act may, notwithstanding any inter-
vening prosecution, be detained in such manner as the
Minister may direct, until dealt with under subsection (3,
or otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
and whilst so detained shall be deemed to be in legal
custody.
(4) Where leave to land is refused to an alien, the
alien may, with the leave of an immigration officer, be
placed temporarily on shore and detained at some place
approved by the Minister, and whilst so detained shall be
deemed to be in legal custody and not to have landed.
(5) (0) Any alien to whom this subsection applies
shall be removed from the Island by the master of the
vessel in which he arrived or, if directions for the purpose
are given by the Minister or an immigration officer, by the
owner or agents of that vessel, to the country of which he
is a national or from which he embarked for the Island,
or where, if a seaman, he was engaged.
(b) It shall be lawful (notwithstanding any inter-
vening prosecution) for an immigration officer or any
constable to place any alien to whom this subsection applies,
on board the vessel in which he arrived in the Island or
on board any vessel belonging to the same owners, for
removal from the Island.
(c) This subsection shall apply to-
(i) any alien to whom leave to land has been
refused;
(ii) any alien who, not having been granted
leave to land, is found on shore in the
Island;
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(iii) any alien seaman who having been
granted temporary shore leave during
his vessel's stay in port is reasonably
suspected of having acted or of being
about to act in contravention of this
Act :
Provided that this subsection shall not apply if a period
exceeding two months has elapsed since the date of the last
arrival of the alien in the Island.
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(6) The master of any vessel arriving a t a port in
the Island may detain on board any alien until inspected or
landed for inspection under this section, and shall on the
request of an immigration officer so detain any alien arriv-
ing in that vessel, whether seaman or passenger, to whom
leave to land has been refused by an immigration officer,
and any alien so detained shall be deemed to be in legal
custody.
(7) Any alien landing or embarking at any place in
the Island shall, on being required to do so by an immigra-
tion officer or constable acting under general or special
directions of the Minister, make a declaration as to whether
or not he is carrying or conveying any letters, written
messages or memoranda, or any written or printed matter,
including plans, photographs and other pictorial represen-
tations, and, if so required, shall produce to the officer any
such letters, messages, memoranda or written or printed
matter, and the officer may search any such alien and any
baggage belonging to him or under his control with a view
to ascertaining whether the alien is carrying or conveying
any such letters, messages, memoranda or written or printed
matter, and may examine and detain, for such time as he
may think proper for the purpose of such examination, any
letters, messages, memoranda or written or printed matter
produced to him or found on such search.
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Master to 10.-(1) The master of any vessel landing or embarking
passengers coming from or bound for a destination outside
the Island at any port in the Island shall furnish, to such
person and in such manner as may be prescribed, a return
giving the prescribed particulars with respect to any
passengers who are aliens, and every passenger shall furnish
to the master of the vessel any information required by him
for the purpose of the return.
(2) The master of any vessel arriving at any port in
the Island from a port outside the Island shall furnish, to
such person and in such manner as may be prescribed, a
return giving the prescribed particulars with respect to any
members of the crew who are aliens.
furnish
Registra-
tion.
First
Schedule.
PART 111. Supervision and Deportation of Aliens
11.-(1) An alien shall comply with the following
(a) he shall, as soon as may be, furnish to the registra-
tion officer of the registration district in which
he is resident particulars as to the matters set out
in the First Schedule, and shall, unless he gives
a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances
which prevent his doing so, produce to the regis-
tration officer either a passport furnished with a
photograph and duly issued to him or renewed in
his favour not more than five years previously or
some other document satisfactorily establishing his
nationality and identity;
(b) he shall furnish to the registration officer of the
registration district in which he is resident parti-
culars of any circumstances affecting in any
manner the accuracy of the particulars previously
furnished by him for the purpose of registration
within seven days after the circumstance has
occurred, and generally shall supply to the regis-
requirements as to registration-
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tration officer all information (including, where
required by the registration officer, a recent photo-
graph) that may be necessary for maintaining the
accuracy of the register kept under this Act;
(c) he shall, if he is about to change his residence,
furnish to the registration officer of the registra-
tion district in which he is then resident particu-
lars as to the date on which his residence is to be
changed and as to his intended place of residence,
and on effecting any change of residence from one
registration district to another he shall, within
forty-eight hours of his arrival in the registration
district into which he moves, report his arrival to
the registration officer of that district;
(d) if at any time he is absent from his residence for
a period exceeding such period as may be
prescribed by regulation, he shall report to the
registration officer of the district of his residence
his current address and every subsequent change
of address including his return to his residence;
(e) he shall-
(i) on his registration, obtain from the registra-
tion officer a registration certificate;
(ii) on every subsequent alteration or addition
of any entry in the register relating to his
registration, produce the certificate to the
registration officer in order that, if neces-
sary, a corresponding alteration or addition
may be made in the certificate;
(iii) produce the certificate upon demand to any
police officer or immigration officer or any
other person authorized by the Minister for
the purpose.
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(2 ) If an alien has no residence in the Island he
shall attend at the office of a registration officer and, so far
as possible, supply the particulars that would be required
under this section if he were resident in the district of that
officer, and shall report to the registration officer of any
other district in which he stays for more than twenty-four
hours. He shall also give notice to the registration officer
to whom he has last reported of any intended change of
address :
Provided that if any alien not having a residence in
the Island shall supply to a registration officer the name
and address of a Commonwealth citizen resident within the
registration district of that officer md being a banker,
solicitor, or the keeper, manager, or secretary, of a hotel
or of a tourist or theatrical agency or otherwise, and a
person who in the opinion of the registration officer is a
person of respectability and good credit, the alien shall be
deemed to be resident at that address, and the provisions
of this section (other than subsection (1) (d) as to reporting
the current address) shall apply accordingly, and it shall be
the duty-
(U) of any such alien to keep the Commonwealth
citizen whose name and address has been so sup-
plied informed as to his current address;
(b) of the Commonwealth citizen on demand to
furnish to any registration officer all information
in his possession as to the alien.
(3) If an alien who is required under this section to
register or report is lodging with, or living as the member
of the household of, any other person, it shall be the duty
of that person to take steps, either by giving notice to the
registration officer of the presence of the alien in his house-
hold or otherwise, to secure compliance with the terms of
this Act in respect of the registration of or reporting by
the alien.
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(4) A registration certificate shall be in such form
and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.
(5) An alien registered in accordance with the
provisions of the Aliens Restriction (Defence) Regulations,
1940, at the time of the coming into force of this Act shall
be deemed to be registered at that time in accordance with
the provisions of this section.
(6) The provisions of this section shall not apply
t o -
(a) any person under the age of sixteen years;
(b) any alien not resident in the Island who has been
in the Island for a period not longer than such
period as may be prescribed by regulation;
(c) any alien seaman not resident in the Island whose
vessel remains at a port in the Island and who
does not land in the Island for discharge;
(d any person of Chinese, Syrian or Lebanese nation-
ality who was ordinarily resident in the Island
during the two years next preceding the third day
of September, 1939, except the Minister shall in
any particular case or by order otherwise direct.
12.41) It shall be the duty of the keeper of any premises Particulars
to which this section applies to keep a register of al l persons g$mhed
staying at the premises who are aliens not being under the ?Jg1id
age of sixteen years. OthaS.
(2) The keeper of any premises to which this section
applies shall, on the arrival of any alien not being under the
age of sixteen years at the premises, ascertain and enter or
cause to be entered in the register kept for the purpose the
name and nationality of such alien, together with the date
of his arrival and the address from which he last came; and
on the departure of any such alien the keeper of the premises
shall enter or cause to be entered in the register the date of
departure and destination on departure of the alien, and if
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required by the Minister he shall also ascertain and enter
in the register from time to time such other particulars
concerning the alien as the Minister may direct.
(3) The keeper of any premises to which this section
applies shall also, if directions for the purpose are issued
by the Minister, make to the registration officer of the
registration district in which the premises are situated, such
returns concerning the persons staying at the premises, at
such times or intervals and in such form, as may be specified
in such directions.
(4) It shall be the duty-
(U) of every person (whether an alien or not) staying
at any premises to which this section applies to
sign, when so required, a statement as to his
nationality and, if an alien, to furnish and sign
a statement of the particulars required under this
section;
(b) of the keeper of any premises to which this section
applies to require any person who stays at the
premises to sign the statement and furnish the
particulars required from him under this section
and to preserve such statements (including any
statements supplied under this section to any
previous keeper of the premises) for a period of
two years from the date when the statements were
signed.
(5) Every register kept, and all particulars furnished,
under this section, shall at all reasonable hours be open for
inspection by any officer of police or by any immigration
officer or by any person authorized by the Minister.
(6) The Minister may prescribe the form in which
a register is to be kept or statements furnished under this *
section.
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(7) This section applies to any premises, whether
furnished or unfurnished, where lodging or sleeping accom-
modation is provided for reward.
13.411 There shall be provided and maintained by the Registra-
Chief Immigration Officer under the directions of the nOes . . and
Minister a central register of aliens in which there shall Officers.
be registered such particulars in such form as may be
prescribed.
(2) (a) For the purposes of this Act the Chief
Immigration Officer shall be the registration officer for the
parish of Kingston and the chief officer of police of every
other parish shall be the registration officer for that parish,
and each parish shall be a registration district;
tion aufho.
(b) A registration officer shall-
(i) keep for his registration district a
register of the aliens resident therein
and required to be registered under this
Act, and enter in the register parti-
culars as to the matters set out in the
First Schedule and such other particu- First
lars and in such form as may be pres-
cribed; and
(ii) furnish to the Chief Immigration Officer
for the purposes of the central register
at such times and in such manner as
may be prescribed, copies of all entries
in the register or such of them as may
be prescribed; and
(iii) supply registration certificates to aliens
in accordance with the provisions of
this Act and on such terms as to pay-
ment or otherwise as may be pres-
cribed.
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Special
restrictions.
14. The Minister may by order impose on any alien or
class of aliens such restrictions (either in addition to or. in
substitution for the other restrictions imposed by this Act)
as to residence, reporting to the police, registration, the
use or possession of any machine, apparatus, arms and
explosives, or other articles, or otherwise, as he may deem
to be necessary in the public interest, and any alien in
relation to whom any such order is made shall comply with
the terms of the order.
Deporta- lS.-(l) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, in any of the
cases mentioned in subsection (6) make an order (in this
Act referred to as a deportation order) requiring an alien
to leave and to remain thereafter out of the Island.
(2) A deportation order may be made subject to any
condition which the Minister may think proper.
(3) An alien with respect to whom a deportation
order is made shall leave the Island in accordance with the
order and shall thereafter so long as the order is in force
remain out of the Island.
(4) An alien, with respect to whom a deportation
order is made or a certificate is given by a court with H
view to the making of a deportation order, may be detained
in such manner as may be directed by the Minister and
may be placed on board a vessel about to leave the Island,
and shall be deemed to be in legal custody whilst so detained
and until the vessel finally leaves the Island,
(5 ) The master of a vessel about to call at any port
outside the Island shall, if so required by the Minister or
by an immigration officer, receive an alien against whom a
deportation order has been made and his dependants, if
any, on board the vessel, and afford him and them a passage
to that port and proper accommodation and maintenance
during the passage.
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(6) A deportation order may be made in any of the
following c a s e s
(a) if any court certifies to the Minister that the
alien has been convicted, either by that court or by
any inferior court from which the case of the alien
has been brought by way of appeal, of any of the
offences specified in the Second Schedule and that Second
the court recommends that a deportation order
should be made in his case either in addition to
or in lieu of sentence;
(b) if a court certifies to the Minister that the alien
has been convicted by that court of an offence
under this Act;
(4 if the alien has become a charge on public or
parochial funds or if the Mayor of the Kingston
and St. Andrew Corporation or the Chairman of
a Parish Council or the Commissioner of Police
certifies to the Minister that the alien has been
found wandering without ostensible means of
subsistence or has been living in insanitary
conditions due to overcrowding;
(d if the Minister deems it to be conducive to the
public good to make a deportation order against
the alien.
Schedule.
(7) Where any case in which a court has made a
recommendation for deportation is brought by way of
appeal against conviction or sentence before a higher court
and that court certifies to the Minister that it does not
concur in the recommendation, such recommendation shall
be of no effect but without prejudice to the power of the
Minister to make an order of deportation under paragraph
(4 of subsection (6).
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Expenses of
deportation.
Power to
grant
exemptions.
Documents
of identity
and furnish-
ing of
inform a.
tion.
Revocation
and varia-
tion of
orders, etc.
Offence
and
penalties.
16. Where a deportation order is made in the case of any
alien the Minister may, if he thinks fit, apply any money
or property of the alien in payment of the whole or any
part of the expenses of or incidental to the voyage from the
Island and of the maintenance until departure of the alien
and his dependants (if any).
PART Iv. General
17. The Minister may direct that any person or class of
persons shall be exempt either unconditionally or subject
to such conditions as the Minister may impose from all or
any of the provisions of this Act.
18.-(1) Every person landing in the Island shall be in
possession of a passport furnished with a photograph and
duly issued or renewed not more than five years before the
date of his arrival, or some other document establishing his
nationality and identity to the satisfaction of the immigra-
tion officer.
(2) Every person landing or embarking in the Island
shall furnish to an immigration officer such information in
such manner as may be prescribed.
19. Any order made, directions or instructions given, or
conditions imposed by the Minister or by an immigration
officer or other person under this Act may be revoked or
varied either wholly or in part by any subsequent order,
direction, instruction, or condition.
20.-(1) (a) If any person acts in contravention of, or
fails to comply with, any provisions of this
Act or any order or regulations made or
conditions imposed or directions given
thereunder; or
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16) if any alien, having landed in the Island
in contravention of section 5, is at any time
found within the Island,
he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(2) If any person aids or abets any person in any
contravention of this Act, 01 knowingly harbours any
person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believ-
ing to have acted in contraventon of this Act, he shall
be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(3) Where a person lands in contravention of this
Act, the master of the vessel from which he lands shall,
unless he proves the contrary, be deemed to have aided and
abetted the offence.
(4) Any person shall be guilty of an offence against
this Act if, in reply or in relation to any immigration
officer, registration officer, or other person lawfully acting
in the execution of the provisions of this Act, he-
(a) makes or causes to be made any false return, fafsc
statement, or false representation; or
(6) alters any certificate or copy of a certificate or
any entry made in pursuance of this AcS or
(c) obstructs or impedes that person in the exercise
of his powers or duties under this Act; or
(4 without lawful authority uses or has in his
possession any forged, altered, or irregular certifi-
cate, passport, or other document or any passport
or document on which any visa or endorsement
has been altered or forged.
(5 ) Any person who is guilty of an offence against
this Act shall be liable on summary conviction before a
Resident Magistrate to a fine not exceeding ten thousand z~/t988
dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour ’”
for a term not exceeding three years, and the Resident
Magistrate before whom he is convicted may either in
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addition to or in lieu of any such punishment require such
person to enter into recognizances with or without sureties
to comply with the provisions of this Act or such provisions
as the Resident Magistrate may direct.
(6) If any person fails to comply with an order of
the Resident Magistrate requiring him to enter into recog-
nizances, the Resident Magistrate, or any Resident
Magistrate sitting for the same place, may order him to be
imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not
exceeding six months.
(7) Proceedings for an offence under this Act which
consists of making or of causing to be made any false state-
ment, false representation, false return or false informa-
tion, or of furnishing or of causing to be furnished any
false particulars, may be instituted at any time within two
months after the statement, representation, return, informa-
tion, or particulars, as the case may be, was or were dis-
covered to be false.
(8) For the purpose of the trial of a person for any
offence under this Act, the offence shall be deemed to have
been committed either at the place in which the same
actually was committed or at any place in which the offender
may be.
(9) Where any offence under this Act consists of
failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Act
requiring any particulars to be furnished, or any report or
return to be made, or any notice to be given, the offence
shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have con-
tinued so long as such failure continues, whether or not
any time is specified at or within which the particulars,
report, return or statement are to be furnished, made or
given.
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21. Any person who acts in contravention of this Act, ~owersof
arrest. or is reasonably suspected of having so acted or being about
so to act, may be taken into custody without warrant by an
immigration officer or by any constable.
22.41) The Minister may make regulations for prescrib- :;!?-
ing anything which is by this Act to be prescribed and
generally for carrying the purposes or provisions of this
Act into effect.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the
power conferred by subsection (l), regulations may be made
under this section authorizing the taking in relation to any
alien who is in custody of all such steps as may be necessary
for photographing, measuring, taking the finger-prints of,
or otherwise identifying, that person in such manner as may
be provided by the regulations.
W. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as imposing Savingfor
consuls, etc. any restriction or disability on any duly accredited foreign
consul or vice-consul and the wife and child of any such
consul or vice-consul or any member of his official staff.
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22 ALIENS
FIRST SCHEDULE
Particulars to be furnished of Registration
(Sactions 11 and 13)
1. Name in full and sex.
2. Present nationality and how and when acquired and previous
nationality (if any).
3. Date and country of birth.
4. Profession or occupation.
5. Date. place and mode of arrival in the Island.
6 . Address of residence in the Island.
7. Address of last residence outside the Island.
8. Photograph (which, if not furnished by the alien. may be taken
9. Government services, name of country served. nature and duration
10. Particulars of passport or other document establishing nationality
11. Signature (which, if required, shall be in the characters of the
12. Any other matters of which particulars an required by the
by the registration officer).
of service, and rank or appointments held.
and identity.
alien’s nationality) and 6nger-prints if required.
registration officer.
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SECOND SCHEDULE (Secrim IS)
Oflences in respa of which U Cowi muy recommend a
Deportation Order
1. Any offence for which the Court has power to impose imprison-
ment without the option of a fine.
2. Any offence-
(U) under the Seditious Meetings Act,
(b) under the Riot Act:
(c) under any law for the time being in force relating to
sedition or to seditious publications.
3. Any offence under the Libel and Slander Act.
1. Any offence under, or other breach of. the provisions of the
Bailkruptcy Act.
5 . Any offence under section 38 or 44 of the Betting, Gaming and
Lotteries Act.
6. Any ofkoce under any enactment for the time being in force
relating to the sale of drugs and poisons or relating to ganja
or other dangerous drugs.
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