Emergency Regulations for Oversea Passengers




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  1. No person of the age of sixteen years or over shall leave New
    Zealand for any place beyond the seas unless he is in possession of a
    written permit issued to him by the Minister or the Under-Secretary
    and still in force.

  2. Every such permit shall cease to be in force on the expiration
    of one calendar month after the date thereof, and shall be returned to
    the Minister or the Under-Secretary upon expiration, revocation, or
    other determination thereof.

  3. Every such permit may be at any time revoked by the said
    Minister or Under-Secretary by notice in writing to the person to whom
    it was issued.

  4. Before the issue of any permit to leave New Zealand under these
    regulations, the Minister may require such security as he thinks fit by
    way of bond or otherwise to be given for the due return to New Zealand
    of the person in whose favour such permit is proposed to be issued.

  5. (1) No such permit shall be required in the case of any person—
    (a) Who leaves New Zealand in His Majesty’s service ; or
    (b) Who leaves New Zealand as a bona fide member of the crew of
    any ship or aircraft; or
    (c) Who arrives in and leaves New Zealand in the course of one
    continuous voyage of any ship or aircraft.

(2) No person shall be deemed to be a bona fide member of the
crew of a ship or aircraft within the meaning of this regulation unless
he has been engaged at the full current rate of pay and in the ordinary
course of the shipowner’s or aircraft owner’s or charterer’s business.

  1. No owner, charterer, representative of the owner or charterer,
    or master of any ship or aircraft shall take out of or carry out of New
    Zealand, or cause, permit, suffer, or assist to be taken out of or carried
    out of New Zealand, any person for whose departure from New Zealand
    a permit is required by these regulations and who is not in the possession
    of a permit issued and in force under these regulations.

  2. Every person found on board any ship which is about to leave
    any port in New Zealand or on board any aircraft which is about to
    leave any aerodrome in New Zealand shall, on being questioned by any
    officer of police or Customs officer, or by the master or any officer of
    the ship or aircraft, state whether he is in possession of a permit under
    these regulations to leave New Zealand, and produce for inspection by
    such officer or master any permit received by him.

  3. No person who has received a permit under these regulations
    shall go or be on board any ship or aircraft which is about to leave
    a port or aerodrome in New Zealand without having such permit in
    his immediate personal custody and possession.

  4. Every person who assists any person to leave or to attempt to
    leave New Zealand in breach of these regulations commits an offence
    against these regulations.

  5. Every applicant for a permit to leave New Zealand shall make
    application to the Minister or Under-Secretary at Wellington, and
    shall furnish such particulars concerning himself as the Minister or
    Under-Secretary may deem necessary.

  6. Any person who, upon making an application for a permit to
    leave New Zealand, or at any time in connection with such application
    or any intended application, makes to the Minister or Under-Secretary
    a statement that is false or misleading in any material particular
    commits an offence against these regulations.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

[I.A. 158/238/5.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.


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🏛️ Oversea Passengers Emergency Regulations 1939 (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Regulations, Emergency, Oversea Passengers, Public Safety Conservation Act, Permits, Travel Restrictions
  • C. A. Jeffery, Clerk of the Executive Council