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landed in Samoa within the meaning of this clause if he leaves Samoa with that vessel on her first departure from the Territory.
(3.) Every person commits an offence against this Order, and shall be liable accordingly, whoβ
(a.) Being required by this clause to make and deliver a declaration before landing in Samoa, lands in Samoa without having made and delivered such declaration; or
(b.) Makes any declaration under this clause which is in any respect wilfully false or misleading.
3. (1.) No person who was born, or whose father was born in any place which on the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen (being the date of the commencement of the recent war with Germany), was within the limits of the German Empire in Europe, or within the limits of the monarchy of Austria-Hungary, shall land in Samoa without a license in that behalf issued by the Administrator.
(2.) In any prosecution for an offence against this clause the burden of proving that the accused is not a person to whom this clause applies shall lie on the accused.
4. (1.) When the Administrator is satisfied that any person is not permanently resident in Samoa, and is disaffected or disloyal, or without adequate means of support, or of unsound mind, or affected by venereal disease, tuberculosis, or leprosy, or of such a character that his presence in Samoa would be injurious to the peace, order, good government, or public interest of the Territory, and that such person is about to arrive or land in Samoa from parts beyond the seas, the Administrator may, by order signed by him, prohibit that person from landing in Samoa.
(2.) If the person against whom such order has been made lands in Samoa with knowledge of the fact that the order has been made against him, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Order and shall be liable accordingly.
(3.) Any person who is found on shore in Samoa at any time after an order has been so made against him may be arrested without warrant by any constable and placed and detained on board the ship by which he arrived in Samoa, or on board any other ship belonging to the same owner and about to leave Samoa, and may, pending his removal to such ship, be detained in such custody and in such place as the Administrator may direct.
(4.) If the owner, charterer, or master of any such ship having knowledge of the making of such order refuses to permit the person against whom the order is made to remain on board the ship in obedience to the order, or refuses to receive that person on board the ship when brought thereto in custody in accordance with this Order, or connives at or is privy to the escape of that person from the ship, such owner, charterer, or master shall be guilty of an offence against this Order and shall be liable accordingly.
5. (1.) The Administrator, if so directed by the Minister of External Affairs, may, by order signed by him, order any person to leave Samoa in any of the cases following, that is to say:β
(a.) If the Administrator is satisfied that such person is disaffected, disloyal, or likely to be a source of danger to the peace, order, and good government of Samoa, and that he is not permanently resident in Samoa, or has not at the date of the order so made been permanently resident in Samoa for at least twelve months, or is an alien not born in Samoa; or
(b.) If the Administrator is satisfied that such person was born, or that his father was born, in any place which on the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen, was within the limits of the German Empire in Europe, or within the limits of the Monarchy of Austria-Hungary; or
(c.) If such person has been convicted of the offence of vagrancy under this order; or
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