Aliens Order, 1919




Jan. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 167

and at the time prescribed by the order, and shall thereafter,
so long as the order is in force, remain out of the United
Kingdom.

(4.) An alien with respect to whom a deportation order
is made may be detained in such manner as may be directed
by the Secretary of State and may be placed on a ship about
to leave the United Kingdom, and shall be deemed to be
in legal custody whilst so detained, and until the ship, if
British, reaches the port (if any) fixed by the Secretary of
State or, whether British or foreign, finally leaves the United
Kingdom.

(5.) The master of a ship about to call at any port outside
the United Kingdom shall, if so required by the Secretary of
State or by an immigration officer, receive an alien against
whom a deportation order has been made and his dependants,
if any, on board the ship, and afford him and them a passage
to that port and proper accommodation and maintenance
during the passage.

13.—Where a deportation order is made in the case of
any alien, the Secretary of State 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 United Kingdom and the maintenance until departure of the alien and his dependants (if any).

PART III.
GENERAL.

14.—The Secretary of State may direct that any person
or class of persons shall be exempt either unconditionally or
subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may
impose from all or any of the provisions of this Order.

15.—(1.) Every person (other than a person under the age
of sixteen years or an alien to whose landing Part I of this
Order does not apply) landing in the United Kingdom shall
be in possession of a passport furnished with a photograph
and duly issued not more than five years before the date
of his arrival, or some other document establishing his nationality and identity to the satisfaction of an immigration
officer.

(2.) Every person landing or embarking in the United
Kingdom shall furnish to an immigration officer such information in such manner as may be prescribed.

(3.) This article shall not apply to any person not coming
from or embarking for a place (other than the Isle of Man)
outside the United Kingdom.

16.—(1.) Immigration officers for the purposes of this
Order shall be appointed by a Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State may arrange with the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise for the employment of officers of Customs
and Excise as officers under this Order.

(2.) Medical Inspectors for the purposes of this Order
may be appointed by the Minister of Health with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and shall in the exercise
of their powers under this Order act under instructions issued
by the Minister of Health with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

(3.) Subject to any such instructions, officers and inspectors
appointed under this Order shall have power to enter or
board any vessel, and to detain and examine any person
arriving at or leaving any port in the United Kingdom 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 upon
them by or under this Order or as may be prescribed for
giving effect to this Order.

17.—(1.) The Secretary of State may make regulations for
prescribing anything which is by this order to be prescribed.

(2.) Any order made, directions or instructions given, or
conditions imposed by the Secretary of State or by any
immigration officer or other person under this Order may be
revoked or varied either wholly or in part by any subsequent
order, direction, instruction, or condition.

18.—(1.) If any person acts in contravention of, or fails
to comply with, any provisions of this Order, or any order
or rules made or conditions imposed thereunder, he shall
be guilty of an offence against this Order.

(2.) If any person aids or abets any person in any contravention of this Order, or knowingly harbours any person
whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to
have acted in contravention of this Order, he shall be guilty
of an offence against this order.

(3.) Where a person lands in contravention of this Order,
the master of the ship 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 Order if, in reply or in relation to any immigration
officer, inspector, registration officer, or other person lawfully
acting in the execution of the provisions of this Order, he—

(a.) Refuses to answer any question reasonably put to
him or to produce any document in his possession; or

(b.) Makes or causes to be made any false return, false
statement, or false representation; or

(c.) Alters any certificate or copy of a certificate or any
entry made in pursuance of this Order; or

(d.) Obstructs or impedes that person in the exercise
of his powers or duties under this Order; or

(e.) Without lawful authority uses or has in his possession any forged, altered, or irregular certificate, passport,
or other document.

(5.) A person who is guilty of an offence against this Order
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months, and the Court before which he is convicted may, either in addition to, or in lieu of any such punishment, require that person to enter into recognizances, with
or without sureties, to comply with the provisions of this
Order or any order or regulations made thereunder as the
Court may direct.

(6.) If any person fails to comply with an order of the
Court requiring him to enter into recognizances, the Court,
or any Court of summary jurisdiction sitting for the same
place, may order him to be imprisoned for any term not
exceeding six months.

(7.) Sections six hundred and eighty-four, six hundred
and eighty-five, and six hundred and eighty-six of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (which relate to the jurisdiction
of Courts and Justices), shall apply with respect to jurisdiction under this Order as they apply with respect to jurisdiction under that Act, and section six hundred and ninety-three of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (which relates to
the levying of sums ordered to be paid by distress on a ship),
shall apply with respect to any fines or other sums of money
to be paid under this Order by the master of a ship as it
applies with respect to fines and other sums of money to be
paid under that Act.

(8.) Proceedings for an offence under this Order, which
consists of making or of causing to be made any false statement, false representation, false return, or false information,
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, information, or
particulars, as the case may be, was or were discovered to be
false.

(9.) For the purpose of the trial of a person for any offence
under this Order, 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.

(10.) Where any offence under this order consists of
failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Order
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 Order, be deemed to have
continued 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.

  1. Any person who acts in contravention of this Order,
    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.

20.—(1.) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply for
the purpose of the interpretation of this Order in like manner
as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of
Parliament.

(2.) In this Order—

The expression “former enemy alien” means an alien
who is a subject or citizen of a State with which His
Majesty was at war at any time during the year nineteen
hundred and eighteen:

The expression “police district” means any district
for which there is a separate police force; and the expression “chief officer of police” means the chief constable,
or head constable, or other officer, by whatever name
called, having the chief command of the police force of
the district:

The expression “keeper” where used in relation to
premises where accommodation 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 manager or otherwise on behalf of any other person:

The expression “residence” means ordinary dwelling-place, and where an alien has more than one dwelling-place, each of such dwelling-places; and the expression
“resident” shall have a corresponding meaning:

The expression “prescribed” means prescribed by the
Secretary of State, or by rules made by the Secretary of
State:

The expression “port” includes any place where a
person lands in or embarks from the United Kingdom:

The expression “land” shall include arrival or entry
by any form of conveyance, and references to landing shall,



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