New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 84

Page 2331

✨ Alien Control Emergency Regulations



SEPT. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2331

  1. If the change of abode is in the police district in which the alien is already registered, the Registration Officer shall note the change of address on the duplicate copy of the certificate of registration filed at his office, shall advise the Commissioner of Police, and shall endorse particulars of the new address on the certificate of registration, which shall then be returned to the alien.

  2. If the change of abode is from one police district to another, the Registration Officer in whose district such alien has taken up residence shall notify the Registration Officer in whose district such alien formerly resided and shall obtain from him the duplicate certificate of registration filed in his office and shall then advise the Commissioner of Police and deal with such duplicate certificate and the surrendered certificate as provided by the last preceding regulation.

CHANGE OF NAME.

  1. Every alien registered under these regulations who changes his or her name, whether by marriage or otherwise, shall, within twenty-eight days thereafter, give notice of such change to the officer in charge of the police-station nearest his or her place of abode, and shall, together with such notice, surrender his or her certificate of registration.

  2. Every police officer to whom a notice of change of name has been given shall forward the same and the surrendered certificate of registration to the Registration Officer in whose office is filed the duplicate copy of the alien’s certificate of registration.

  3. The Registration Officer shall note the change of name on the duplicate copy of the certificate of registration filed at his office, shall advise the Commissioner of Police, and shall endorse particulars of the change of name in the certificate of registration, which shall then be returned to the alien.

PRODUCTION OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.

  1. (1) After the expiration of fourteen days from the date of these regulations, every alien registered under these regulations shall produce a certificate of registration when required to do so by any police officer.
    (2) It shall be a defence to any person charged with an offence against the last preceding clause of this regulation if he proves that he duly applied for registration and that at the time of the offence either—
    (a) No certificate of registration had been forwarded to the police-station for delivery to him ; or
    (b) That his certificate of registration was for the time being surrendered for any of the purposes of these regulations and had not been forwarded to the police-station for redelivery to him ; or
    (c) That his certificate of registration had been destroyed, stolen, or lost and that he had duly applied for a duplicate but such duplicate had not been forwarded to the police-station for delivery to him.


Next Page →

PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)

View this page online at:


VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1939, No 84


NZLII — PDF NZ Gazette 1939, No 84




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Alien Control Emergency Regulations 1939 (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Regulations, Emergency, Alien Control, Registration, Police, Change of Abode, Change of Name, Certificate of Registration