or printed matter, and the officer may search any such alien and any baggage belonging to him or under his control with a view to ascertaining whether the alien is carrying or conveying any such letters, messages, memoranda or written or printed matter, and may examine and detain, for such time as he may think proper for the purpose of such examination, any letters, messages, memoranda or written or printed matter produced to him or found on such search.

4. Nothing in this Part of this Order shall prevent the landing in the United Kingdom of any alien who satisfies an immigration officer either:

(i.) That he holds a prepaid ticket to some destination out of the United Kingdom and that the master or owner of the ship in which he arrived or by which he is to leave the United Kingdom has given security to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that, except for the purposes of transit or in other circumstances approved by the Secretary of State, the alien will not remain in, or having been rejected by another country will not re-enter, the United Kingdom, and will be properly maintained and controlled during transit; or

(ii.) That having taken his ticket in the United Kingdom and embarked direct therefrom for some other country after a period of residence in the United Kingdom of not less than six months, he has been refused admission to that country and has returned direct therefrom to a port in the United Kingdom.

5. The master of any ship landing or embarking passengers coming from or bound for a destination outside the United Kingdom at any port in the United Kingdom shall furnish to such person and in such manner as may be prescribed a return giving the prescribed particulars with respect to any passengers who are aliens, and any passenger shall furnish to the master of the ship any information required by him for the purpose of the return.

PART II.-Supervision and Deportation of Aliens. 6.-(1.) An alien shall comply with the following requirements as to registration:

(a.) He shall as soon as may be furnish to the registration officer of the registration district in which he is resident particulars as to the matters set out in the First Schedule to this Order, and shall, unless he gives a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances which prevent his doing so, produce to the registration officer either a passport furnished with a photograph and duly issued to him not more than five years previously or some other document satisfactorily establishing his nationality and identity;

(b.) He shall furnish to the registration officer of the registration district in which he is resident, particulars of any circumstance affecting in any manner the accuracy of the particulars previously furnished by him for the purpose of registration within seven days after the circumstance has occurred, and generally shall supply to the registration officer all information (including where required by the registration. officer a recent photograph) that may be necessary for maintaining the accuracy of the register kept under this Order;

(c.) He shall, if he is about to change his residence, furnish to the registration officer of the registration district in which he is then resident, particulars as to the date on which his residence is to be changed, and as to his intended place of residence, and on effecting any change of residence from one registration district to another he shall within forty-eight hours of his arrival in the registration district into which he moves report his arrival to the registration officer of that district;

(d.) If at any time he is absent from his residence for a continuous period exceeding two months, he shall report to the registration officer of the district of his residence his current address and every subsequent change of address, including his return to 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 authorised by the Secretary of State for the purpose.

(2.) If an alien has no residence in the United Kingdom he shall attend at the office of a registration officer, and, so far as possible, supply the particulars that would be required under this article if he were resident in the district of that officer, and shall report to the registration officer of any other district in which he stays for more than twenty-four hours. He shall also give notice of any intended change of address to the registration officer to whom he has last reported:

Provided that if any alien not having a residence in the United Kingdom shall supply to a registration officer the name and address of a British subject resident within the registration district of that officer and being a banker. solicitor, or the keeper, manager, or secretary of a hotel or of a tourist or theatrical agency or otherwise, and a person

who in the opinion of the registration officer is a person of respectability and good credit, the alien shall be deemed to be resident at that address, and the provisions of this article (other than sub-clause (1) (d) as to reporting the current address) shall apply accordingly, and it shall be the duty

(a.) Of any such alien to keep the British subject, whose name and address has been so supplied, informed as to his current address;

(b.) Of the British subject on demand to furnish to any registration officer all information in his possession as to the alien ;

(3.) If an alien who is required under this article to register or report is lodging with, or living as a member of the household 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 otherwise, 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 16 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 two months since the date of his last arrival or to any alien seaman not resident in the United Kingdom.

6A. (1.) The provisions of this Part of this Order as to registration shall not apply to an alien seaman not resident in the United Kingdom whose ship remains at a port in the United Kingdom and who does not land in the United Kingdom for discharge.

(2.) An alien seaman who lands for discharge in the United Kingdom and who is not resident in the United Kingdom shall on landing report forthwith to the registration officer of the registration district in which he lands and shall also

(a.) Report to the registration officer of any other district in which he remains for any period exceeding twenty-four hours; and

(b.) Give notice of any intended change of address to the registration officer to whom he has last reported.

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 16 years.

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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 departure of any such alien the keeper of the premises shall enter or cause to be entered in the register the date of departure and destination on departure of the alien, and if required by the Secretary of State he shall also ascertain and enter in the register from time to time such other particulars as to the alien as the Secretary of State may direct.

(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 (including any statements supplied under this article to any previous keeper of the premises) for a period of two years from the date when the statements were signed.

(4.) Every register kept, and all particulars furnished, under this article, shall at all reasonable hours be open for inspection by any officer of police or by any person authorised 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.

* Amended by the Order in Council of December 3, 1920, see page 22

(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 prescribed: 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 accordance 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) surveying 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 authorise, subject to any general or special directions, the registration officer to grant to any individual alien a special permit dispensing with compliance with any general order made under this article.

10.-(1.) A chief officer of police, if so authorised 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