Aliens Order Regulations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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address to the registration officer of the district where he
is for the time being, and shall, until he returns to his
residence, report every change of address to the registration
officer of the district of each new address. He shall also
report his return to his residence to the registration officer
of the district of his residence.

(e.) He shall—
(i.) On his registration obtain from the registration
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
necessary, 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 to any other person
authorized by the Secretary of State for the purpose.

(2.) If an alien has no residence in the United Kingdom
he shall report his presence in a registration district to the
registration officer of the district and conform to such in-
structions as to registration or otherwise as may be given him
by that officer.

(3.) If an alien who is required under this article to register
or report is lodging with, or living as a member of the house-
hold 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 household or other-
wise, to secure compliance with the terms of this Order in
respect of the registration of or reporting by the alien.

(4.) A registration certificate shall be in such form and shall
contain such particulars as may be prescribed.

(5.) The provisions of this article shall not apply to any
person under the age of sixteen years or to any alien not
resident in the United Kingdom who has been in the United
Kingdom for a period of not more than one month since the
date of his last arrival.

7.—(1.) It shall be the duty of the keeper of any premises
to which this article applies, to keep a register of all persons
staying at the premises who are aliens not being under the
age of sixteen years.

The keeper of any such premises shall, on the arrival of
any such alien 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 de-
parture of any such alien the keeper of the premises shall
enter or cause to be entered in the register the date of de-
parture and destination on departure of the alien, and he
shall also ascertain and enter in the register from time to time
such other particulars as to the alien as may be prescribed.

(2.) The keeper of any premises to which this article
applies shall also, if directions for the purpose are issued by
the Secretary of State, make to the registration officer of the
registration district in which the premises are situate, such
returns as to the persons staying at the premises, at such
times or intervals, and in such form, as may be specified in
such directions.

(3.) It shall be the duty—
(a.) Of every person (whether an alien or not) staying
at any premises to which this article 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 article ;
(b.) Of the keeper of any premises to which this article
applies to require any person who stays at the premises
to sign the statement and furnish the particulars required
from him under this article and to preserve such statements
for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed.

(4.) Every register kept, and all particulars furnished, under
this article, shall at all reasonable hours be open for in-
spection by any officer of police or by any person authorized
by the Secretary of State.

(5.) The Secretary of State may prescribe the form in
which a register is to be kept or statements furnished under
this article.

(6.) This article applies to any premises where sleeping
accommodation is provided for reward.

8.—(1.) There shall be provided and maintained under
the directions of the Secretary of State a central register of
aliens in which there shall be registered such particulars in
such form as may be prescribed.

(2.) (a.) For the purposes of this Order the chief officer
of police of each police district shall be the registration officer
for that district, and the police district shall be the registration
district.

(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 Order, and enter in the register particulars as to the
matters set out in the First Schedule to this Order, and
such other particulars and in such form as may be pre-
scribed ; and
(ii.) Furnish to the Secretary of State for the purposes
of the central register at such time, 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 accord-
ance with the provisions of this Order and on such terms
as to payment or otherwise as may be prescribed.

9.—(1.) The Secretary of State, on the recommendation
of the Admiralty, Army Council, or Air Council, may by
order declare any area to be a protected area.

(2.) The Secretary of State may as to any protected area
by order—
(i.) Prohibit any alien or any class of aliens from
entering or remaining in the area ;
(ii.) Impose on any alien or class of aliens entering or
being in the area such conditions or restrictions as he may
think fit as to (a.) registration with or reporting to the
police or any naval, military, or air-force authority, (b) sur-
veying or making sketches or photographs, (c) the use or
possession of any machine, apparatus, or other article of
any description, (d) the acquisition of land or any interest
in land within the area, (e) any other matter or thing as
to which he may deem it necessary in the interests of public
safety to impose conditions or restrictions ;
(iii.) Impose on any householder or other person the
obligation to report to the police or any naval, military,
or air-force authority, the presence of any alien in his
household or in any premises occupied by him or under
his control, and the departure of any such alien ;
(iv.) Exempt from the restrictions imposed in respect
of the area aliens or any class of aliens who pass through
the area in the course of a continuous journey :
Provided that the Secretary of State may authorize,
subject to any general or special directions, the registration
officer to grant to any individual alien a special permit dis-
pensing with compliance with any general order made under
this section.

10.—(1.) A chief officer of police, if so authorized by
general or special order of the Secretary of State, may direct
that any premises within his jurisdiction which, in his opinion,
are used for the sale of refreshments to be consumed on
the premises, or as a place of public resort or entertainment,
or as a club, and which are or have recently been frequented
by aliens, shall be either closed altogether or kept closed
during such hours or for such purposes as may be required
by him, if, in his opinion, either—
(a.) The aliens so frequenting the premises are of criminal
or disloyal associations or otherwise undesirable ; or
(b.) The premises are conducted in a disorderly or im-
proper manner, or in a manner prejudicial to the public
good ;
and if any premises are kept open in contravention of any
such direction the occupier or person having control of the
premises shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of
this Order.

(2.) Where any premises have been closed under this
section the occupier or person having control of the premises
shall not occupy or control any other premises which are
used for the sale of refreshments or as a place of public resort
or entertainment or as a club without the consent of the
chief officer of police for the district in which the premises
are situate.

(3.) Any constable, if authorized by the chief officer of
police, may, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of
this article, enter, if necessary by force, and search or occupy
any premises in respect to which an order under this article
has been made by the Secretary of State.

11.—The Secretary of State 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
Order) as to residence, reporting to the police, registration,
the use or possession of any machine, apparatus, arms, and
explosives, or other article, or otherwise, as he may deem
to be necessary in the public interest, and any alien in re-
lation to whom any such order is made shall comply with
the terms of the order.

12.—(1.) The Secretary of State may, if he deems it to be
conducive to the public good, make an order (in this Order
referred to as a deportation order) requiring an alien to leave
and to remain thereafter out of the United Kingdom. The
Secretary of State may, by a deportation order, require the
alien to return to the country of which he is a subject or
citizen.

(2.) An order made under this article may be made subject
to any condition which the Secretary of State may think
proper.

(3.) An alien with respect to whom a deportation order is
made shall leave the United Kingdom for the destination



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⚖️ Publication of the Aliens Order, 1919 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
14 January 1920
Aliens, Immigration, Order in Council, Restrictions, United Kingdom