S.I. No. 2/1925 - The Aliens Order, 1925.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1925. No. 2.

THE ALIENS ORDER, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice of the Executive Council, has this day made the following Order, namely :—

Aliens Order, 1925.

DIARMUID O hEIGCEARTUIGH,

Rúnaí do'n Ard-Chomhairle.

(Secretary to the Executive Council.)

DUBLIN.

This 22nd day of January, 1925.

ALIENS ORDER, 1925

No. 2.

WHEREAS by the Aliens Restriction Act, 1914, as amended by the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act, 1919, and adapted by the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), the Governor-General of the Irish Free State on the advice of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State may by order impose restrictions on aliens.

And whereas it is expedient that the restrictions contained in the following Order should be imposed on aliens in, or seeking to enter, Saorstát Eireann.

Now, I, T. M. Healy, Governor-General of the Irish Free State, do hereby on the advice of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State and in pursuance and by virtue of the Aliens Restriction Act, 1914, as amended by the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act, 1919, and adapted by the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), order as follows :—

PART I.Admission of Aliens.

1 Restrictions on landing of aliens.

1.—(1) An alien coming from any place outside Saorstát Eireann other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland shall not land in Saorstát Eireann except with the leave of an immigration officer, or of the Minister, and such leave may be given by the Minister, if in a special case he thinks fit so to do, retrospectively after the alien has landed.

(2) Leave shall not be given to an alien to land in Saorstát Eireann unless he complies with the following conditions, that is to say :—

(a) he is in a position to support himself and his dependents;

(b) if desirous of entering the service of an employer in Saorstát Eireann he produces a permit in writing for his engagement issued to the employer by the Minister for Industry and Commerce ;

(c) he is not a lunatic, idiot, or mentally deficient ;

(d) he is not the subject of a certificate given to the immigration officer by a medical inspector that for medical reasons it is undesirable that the alien should be permitted to land ;

(e) he has not been sentenced in a foreign country for any extradition crime within the meaning of the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906 ;

(f) he is not the subject of a deportation order in force in Saorstát Eireann under the principal Act or any Order thereunder or an expulsion order under the Aliens Act, 1905;

(g) he has not been prohibited from landing by the Minister ;

(h) he fulfils such other requirements as may be prescribed by any general or special instructions of the Minister.

(3) An immigration officer, in accordance with general or special directions of the Minister, may, by general order or notice or otherwise, attach such conditions as he may think fit to the grant by him of leave to land, and the Minister may attach such conditions as he may think fit to the grant by him of leave to land, and the Minister may at any time add such conditions as he thinks fit to any such leave already granted whether by himself or an immigration officer and the alien shall comply with the conditions so attached or added.

An alien who fails to comply with any conditions so attached or added, and an alien who is found in Saorstát Eireann at any time after the expiration of the period limited by any such condition, shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to be an alien to whom leave to land has been refused.

(4) An alien coming to Saorstát Eireann at any time after the 1st day of May, 1923, and either before or after the date of this Order from any part of Great Britain or Northern Ireland whose stay in Great Britain or Northern Ireland was subjected to a time limit shall

(a) if that time limit has expired at or will expire within two days after the date of his landing in Saorstát Eireann be deemed for the purposes of this Order to be an alien coming from a place outside Great Britain and Ireland, and

(b) if that time limit has not expired at and will not expire for more than two days after the date of his landing in Saorstát Eireann be deemed for the purposes of this Order to be an alien to whom leave to land has been given subject to the conditions that he shall leave Saorstát Eireann not less than two days before the expiration of the time limit aforesaid.

(5) An alien coming to Saorstát Eireann at any time after the 1st. day of May, 1923, and either before or after the date of this Order, from any part of Great Britain or Northern Ireland who either landed in Great Britain or Northern Ireland in contravention of the law there in force in relation to aliens, or is the subject of a Deportation Order or an Expulsion Order made in Great Britain or Northern Ireland shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to be an alien coming from a place outside Great Britain and Ireland.

2 Approved ports.

2.—(1) An alien (not being a seaman) coming from outside Great Britain and Ireland shall not land in Saorstát Eireann elsewhere than at an approved port : Provided that at a port other than an approved port

(a) an alien seaman may land with the leave of an immigration officer, and

(b) any other alien may in special circumstances be permitted to land by the Minister.

(2) For the purposes of this Order the ports specified in the Second Schedule to this Order shall within the limits defined therein be approved ports.

(3) The Minister may by order add any port to the list of approved ports, or remove any port from that list, and prescribe or alter the limits of any approved port, and this Order shall thereupon have effect accordingly.

3 Inspection and detention of aliens.

3.—(1) An immigration officer or a medical inspector may inspect any alien seeking to land in Saorstát Eireann, and any such inspection shall be made as soon as practicable after his arrival.

(2) For the purpose of any such inspection an alien may land, subject to such conditions as may be imposed either by an immigration officer or by the Minister, and any alien on whom any such condition is imposed shall not, for the purposes of this Order, be deemed to have landed so long as the conditions are complied with. An alien conditionally landed may be detained in such manner as the Minister may direct, and whilst so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody. The Minister may prescribe for security to be given by the owners, agents, or master of the ship in the case of aliens conditionally landed.

(3) An alien landing in contravention of this Order and an alien arriving at any port other than an approved port may, until dealt with under this Order, be detained in such manner as the Minister may direct, and whilst so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody.

(4) Where leave to land is refused to an alien, the alien may, with the leave of an immigration officer, be placed temporarily on shore and detained at some place approved by the Minister, and whilst so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody and not to have landed.

(5) Any alien to whom leave to land has been refused or any alien to whom leave to land has not been granted shall be removed from Saorstát Eireann by the master of the ship on which he arrived, or if directions for this purpose are given by the Minister or an immigration officer, by the owner or agents of that ship to the country of which the alien is a National or from which he embarked for Saorstát Eireann or where (if a seaman) he was engaged.

Provided that this provision shall not apply if a period exceeding two months has elapsed since the date of the last arrival of the alien in Saorstát Eireann.

(6) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Article where leave to land has been refused or has not been granted to an alien, and such alien is found on shore in Saorstát Eireann, it shall be lawful for the immigration officer or any constable notwithstanding any intervening prosecution and imprisonment of the alien, at any time within one month after the arrival of the alien to replace that alien on board the ship in which he arrived in Saorstát Eireann, or on board any ship belonging to the same owners and bound for the port from which the alien came to Saorstát Eireann.

(7) The master of any ship arriving at a port in Saorstát Eireann may detain on board any alien until inspected or landed for inspection under this Article, and shall on the request of an immigration officer so detain any alien arriving in that ship, whether seaman or passenger, to whom leave to land has been refused by an immigration officer, and any alien so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody.

(8) Any alien landing or embarking at any place in Saorstát Eireann shall, on being required so to do by an immigration officer or constable acting under general or special directions of the Minister, make a declaration as to whether or not he is carrying or conveying any letters, written messages or memoranda or any written or printed matter, including plans, photographs and other pictorial representations, and if so required shall produce to the officer any such letters, messages, memoranda, or written 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 Returns as to aliens by masters of ships.

4.—The master of any ship landing or embarking passengers coming from or bound for a destination outside Great Britain and Ireland at any port in Saorstát Eireann shall furnish to such person and in such manner as may be 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.

5 Saving for transmigrants, &c.

5.—Nothing in this Part of this Order shall prevent the landing in Saorstát Eireann of any alien who satisfies an immigration officer either :

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

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

Provided that an alien who remains in or re-enters Saorstát Eireann contrary to the terms or conditions of any bond executed in respect of him in pursuance of paragraph (1) of this Article shall be deemed to be an alien to whom leave to land has been refused.

PART II.Supervision and Deportation of Aliens.

6 Obligations on aliens to register.

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 affecting 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 Minister for the purpose.

(2) If an alien has no residence in Saorstát Eireann 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 Saorstát Eireann shall supply to a registration officer the name and address of a citizen of Saorstát Eireann 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, 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 citizen of Saorstát Eireann whose name and address has been so supplied informed as to his current address ;

(b) of the citizen of Saorstát Eireann 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 sixteen years or to any alien not resident in Saorstát Eireann who has been in Saorstát Eireann for a period of not more than two months since the date of his last arrival or to any alien seaman not resident in Saorstát Eireann.

7 Non-resident alien seamen.

7.—The provision of this Part of this Order as to registration does not apply to an alien seaman not resident in Saorstát Eireann whose ship remains at a port in Saorstát Eireann and who does not land in Saorstát Eireann for discharge.

8 Hotel-keepers and others to furnish particulars.

8.—(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 sixteen years.

The keeper of any such premises shall, on the arrival of any such alien at the premises, ascertain and enter or 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 Minister he shall also ascertain and enter in the register from time to time such other particulars as to the alien as the Minister may direct.

(2) The keeper of any premises to which this Article applies shall also, if directions for the purpose are issued by the Minister, 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 statement (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 of all reasonable hours be open for inspection by any officer of police or by any person authorised by the Minister.

(5) The Minister may prescribe the form on which a register is to be kept or statements furnished under this Article.

(6) This Article applies to any premises whether furnished or unfurnished, where lodging or sleeping accommodation is provided for reward.

9 Registration authorities and officers.

9.—(1) There shall be provided and maintained under the directions of the Minister 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.

(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 Minister 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.

10 Power to impose special restrictions on aliens.

10. The Minister may by order impose on any alien or class of aliens such restrictions (either in addition to or in substitution for the other restrictions imposed by this Order) as to residence, reporting to the police, registration, the use or possession of any machine, apparatus, arms and explosives, or other article or otherwise, as he may deem to be necessary in the public interest, and any alien in relation to whom any such order is made shall comply with the terms of the order.

11 Deportation of aliens.

11.—(1) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, in any of the cases mentioned in this Article make an order (in this Order referred to as a deportation order) requiring an alien to leave and to remain thereafter out of Saorstát Eireann.

(2) An order made under this Article may be made subject to any condition which the Minister may think proper.

(3) An alien with respect to whom a deportation order is made shall leave Saorstát Eireann in accordance with the order, and shall thereafter so long as the order is in force remain out of Saorstát Eireann.

(4) An alien with respect to whom a deportation order is made, or a certificate is given by a court with a view to the making of a deportation order, may be detained in such a manner as may be directed by the Minister, and may be placed on a ship about to leave Saorstát Eireann, and shall be deemed to be in legal custody whilst so detained, and until the ship finally leaves Saorstát Eireann.

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

(6) A deportation order may be made in any of the following cases :—

(a) If any court certifies to the Minister that the alien has been convicted either by that court, or by any inferior court from which the case of the alien has been referred for sentence or brought by way of appeal, of any of the offences specified in the Third Schedule to this Order and that the Court recommends that a deportation order should be made in his case either in addition to or in lieu of sentence ; or,

(b) If a court of summary jurisdiction certifies to the Minister, after proceedings taken for the purpose within twelve months after the alien has last entered Saorstát Eireann, in accordance with Rules of Court made by the Minister that the alien

(i) has, within three months from the time at which proceedings for the certificate are commenced, been in receipt of parochial relief or been found wandering without ostensible means of subsistence ; or

(ii) has been sentenced in a foreign country for an extradition crime within the meaning of the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906 ; or

(c) if the Minister deems it to be conducive to the public good to make a deportation order against the alien.

(7) Where any case in which a court has made a recommendation for deportation is brought by way of appeal against conviction or sentence before any higher court, and that court certifies to the Minister that it does not concur in the recommendation, such recommendation shall be of no effect, but without prejudice to the power of the Minister to make an order of deportation under the last foregoing provision.

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12. Where a deportation order is made in the case of any alien, the Minister 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 Saorstát Eireann and the maintenance until departure of the alien and his dependents (if any).

PART III.(GENERAL).

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

14 Requirements as to documents of identity and supply of information.

14.—(1) Every person (other than a person under the age of sixteen years) landing in Saorstát Eireann 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 Saorstát Eireann shall furnish to an immigration officer such information in such manner as may be prescribed.

(3) This Article shall not apply to any person coming from or embarking for a place within Great Britain or Ireland

15 Appointment of officers.

15.—(1) Immigration officers for the purposes of this Order shall be appointed by the Minister, and the Minister may arrange with the Revenue Commissioners 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 for Local Government and Public Health with the concurrence of the Minister and shall in the exercise of their powers under this Order act under instructions issued by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health with the concurrence of the Minister.

(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 Saorstát Eireann 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.

16 Power to make rules.

16.—(1) The Minister 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 Minister 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.

17 Offences and penalties.

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

(2) If any alien having landed in Saorstát Eireann in contravention of Article 1 of this Order is at any time thereafter found in Saorstát Eireann he shall be guilty of an offence against this Order.

(3) 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 grounds for believing to have acted in contravention of this Order, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Order.

(4) 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.

(5) 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 used or has in his possession any forged, altered, or irregular certificate, passport, or other document or any passport or document on which any visa or endorsement has been altered or forged.

(6) If any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this Order, he shall be liable on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment with or without hard labour 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 such person to enter into recognisances with or without sureties to comply with the provisions of this Order or such provisions as the Court may direct.

(7) If any person fails to comply with an order of the court requiring him to enter into recognisances, the court may order him to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding six months.

(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) 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.

18 Place of trial of offences.

18.—(1) 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.

(2) A Justice of the District Court of any district which is situate on the coast of any sea, or abutting on or projecting into any bay, channel, lake, river, or navigable water shall for the purposes of the trial of offences under this Order have jurisdiction over any vessel being on, or lying or passing off that coast, or being in or near that bay, channel, lake, river, or navigable water, and over all persons on board that vessel or for the time being belonging thereto in the same manner as if the vessel or persons aforesaid were within the district of such Justice.

(3) Where any person charged with having committed outside Saorstát Eireann an offence under this Order is found within Saorstát Eireann the Justice of the District Court for the district in which he is so found shall have jurisdiction to try the offence as if it had been committed within that district.

(4) Where a Justice of the District Court has power under this Order to order the payment of any fine or other sum of money, then, if the person by whom such fine or money is payable under such order is the master or owner of a ship, such fine or money may by order of the Justice and in addition to any other method of recovering the same be levied by distress of such ship, her tackle, furniture, and apparel.

19 Powers to arrest without warrant.

19.—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 Interpretation.

20.—(1) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

(2) In this Order

the expression " police district " means the police district of Dublin metropolis and any county or other area for which a Superintendent of the Garda Síochána is appointed ; and the expression " chief officer of police " means as respects the police district of Dublin metropolis, the Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, and, as respects any other police district, the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána ;

the expressions " police constable " and " constable " include any member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and any member of the Garda Síochána ;

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 or sleep 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 Minister, or by rules made by the Minister ;

the expression " port " includes any place whether on a land or sea frontier where a person lands in or embarks from Saorstát Eireann ;

the expression " lands " shall include arrival or entry by any form of conveyance, including entry over a land frontier, and references to landing shall, unless the context otherwise implies, be deemed to include references to attempting to land ;

the expression " embark " shall include departure by any form of conveyance including departure over a land frontier ;

the expression " seaman " means an officer or member of a crew of a ship ;

the expression " member of a crew " means any person employed in the working or service of a ship.

the expression " passenger " means any person travelling or seeking to travel on board a ship who is not a seaman ;

the expression " ship " includes aircraft, and the expression " master of a ship " includes the pilot of an aircraft ;

the expression " Great Britain " includes the Channel Isles, and the Isle of Man ;

the expression " Minister " means the Minister for Justice ;

the expression " Principal Act " means the Aliens Restriction Act, 1914.

21 Retention of nationality, &c.

21.—For the purposes of this Order

(1) Where an alien acquired a nationality at birth he shall be deemed to retain that nationality unless he has subsequently acquired by naturalisation or otherwise some other nationality and is still recognised by the Sovereign or State whose nationality he has acquired as entitled to protection ;

(2) Where an alien is recognised as a national by the law of more than one foreign State or where for any reason it is uncertain what nationality (if any) is to be ascribed to an alien, that alien may at the discretion of the Minister either be treated as a national of the State with which he is in the opinion of the Minister most closely connected for the time being in interest or sympathy, or as being of uncertain nationality, or of no nationality ;

(3) Where any deportation order is in force against any person that person shall, unless the Minister otherwise directs, be deemed to retain his nationality as at the date of the Order notwithstanding any intervening naturalisation, marriage or any other event.

22 Saving for diplomatic person, &c.

22.—(1) Nothing in this Order shall apply to any duly accredited head of a foreign diplomatic mission or any member of his household or of his official staff.

(2) Unless the Minister otherwise directs either generally or in any particular case, nothing in this Order or regulations made thereunder shall apply to any alien who for the time being is in receipt of full pay as a member of the Defence Forces of Saorstát Eireann or of the naval, military, or air forces of Great Britain or Northern Ireland, or to the wife or child under the age of twenty-one years of any such alien.

23 Short Title and Revocation.

23.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Aliens Order, 1925.

(2) Every Order made under the Principal Act or under that Act as amended by the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act, 1919, and in force at the date of this Order is hereby revoked.

(3) Any permission or direction given, or order or requirement made or other action taken under any Order made under the Principal Act or under that Act as amended by the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act, 1919, and no longer in force shall be deemed to have been given, made or taken under the corresponding provision of this Order, and any alien duly registered under any such Order as aforesaid with a registration officer shall be deemed to be duly registered under this Order at the date hereof, and an identity book issued under any such Order as aforesaid shall, until called in by a registration officer, be for the purposes of this Order equivalent to a registration certificate.

DUBLIN.

This 22nd day of January, 1925.

(Signed) T. M. HEALY,

Seanascal.

(Governor-General.)

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Particulars to be furnished on Registration.

1. Name in full, and sex.

2. Present nationality and how and when acquired and previous nationality (if any).

3. Date and country of birth.

4. Profession or occupation.

5. Date, place and mode of arrival in Saorstát Eireann, Great Britain, or Northern Ireland.

6. Address of residence in Saorstát Eireann.

7. Address of last residence outside Saorstát Eireann.

8. Photograph (which, if not furnished by the alien, may be taken by the registration officer).

9. Government services, name of country served, nature and duration of service, and rank and appointments held.

10. Particulars of passport or other document establishing nationality and identity

11. Signature (which, if required, shall be in the characters of the language of the alien's nationality) and finger prints if required.

12. Any other matter of which particulars are required by the registration officer.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

List of Approved Ports.

Moville,

Cobh

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Offences in respect of which a Court may recommend a Deportation Order.

Any offences for which the court has power to impose imprisonment without the option of a fine.

Any offence as a prostitute under Section 72 of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854.