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The Aliens Registration Ordinance

Cap. 85

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Contents
  1. Preamble
  2. Section 1 — Short title.
  3. Section 2
  4. Section 3 — Application of Order in Council to all or to any class of aliens.
  5. Section 4 — Penalties.
  6. Section 5 — Onus of proof.
  7. Section 6 — Jurisdiction of courts.

Preamble

974 Cap. 85] Aliens Registration CHAPTER 85. ALIENS REGISTRATION. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. SECTION.

Section 2

Power of Governor by Order in Council to provide for the registrationof aliens.

Section 6 — Jurisdiction of courts.

CHAPTER 85. ALIENS REGISTRATION. 2o of 1924. An Ordinance to provide for the registration of aliens. Short title and application. Power of Governor by Order in Council to provide for the registration of aliens. Application of Order in Council to all orto any class of aliens. Penalties. [1ST JANUARY, 1925.] 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Aliens Registration Ordinance, and shall apply to the Colony and to the Protectorate. 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by Order- (a) to require aliens residing or being in the Colony or Protectorate to comply with such provisions as to registration, notification of change of abode or otherwise, as may be made by the Order, and (b) to provide for the appointment of officers to carry the Order into effect, and to confer on such officers such powers as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Order, and (c) to provide for any ancillary matters for which it appears expedient to provide, with a view to giving full effect to the Order. 3. Any provision of any Order in Council made under this Ordinance with respect to aliens may relate either to aliens in general, or to any class or description of aliens. 4. Any person who is guilty of an offence under any Order in Council made under this Ordinance shall, on summary Aliens Registration [Cap. 85 conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding six months. 5. If any question arises on any proceedings under an Order Onus of in Council made under this Ordinance, or with reference to proof. anything done or proposed to be done under such Order in Council, as to whether any person is an alien or not, or is an alien of a particular class or not, the onus of proving that that person is not an alien, or, as the case may be, is not an alien of that class, shall be upon that person. 6. For the purpose of a trial of a person for any offence Jurisdiction under any Order in Council made under this Ordinance, the of courts. offence shall be deemed to have been committed either at the place in which the same was actually committed or at any place in which the offender may be. S.L.-VoL. II-27* TITLE XI. IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION. CHAPTER. 86. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION 87. UNDESIRABLE BRITISH SuBJECTS 88. ExTRADITION (CoLONY) 89. FUGITIVE CRIMINALS SURRENDER 90. ALIENS ExPULSION PAGE.

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