Aliens Order, 1946.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: —(1) This Order may be cited as the Aliens Order, 1946.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 15th day of December, 1946.
2 Interpretation
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this Order.
3 Definitions
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paragraphs: In this Order :
the word " alien " does not include a person to whom the Aliens (Exemption) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 80 of 1935 ), applies ;
the word "embark" shall include departure by any form of conveyance including departure over a land frontier ;
the expression " Great Britain " includes the Channel Isles, and the Isle of Man ;
the word " 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 word " 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 " master of a ship " includes the pilot of an aircraft;
the expression " member of a crew " means any person employed in the working or service of a ship ;
the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Justice :
the word " passenger " means any person, other than a member of a crew, travelling or seeking to travel on board a ship, railway train or a passenger road vehicle ;
the expression " passenger road vehicle " means a vehicle employed on a passenger road service which is licensed under the Road Transport Act, 1932 (No. 2 of 1932) ;
the word " port " includes any place whether on a land or sea frontier where a person lands in or embarks from the State ;
the expression " registration district " means, in the Dublin Metropolitan Division of the GÃ¡rda SiochÃ¡na, the said division, and elsewhere means a GÃ¡rda SiochÃ¡na district ;
the expression " registration officer " means, in the Dublin Metropolitan Division of the GÃ¡rda SiochÃ¡na, the Chief Superintendent of the GÃ¡rda SiochÃ¡na for that division, and in every GÃ¡rda SiochÃ¡na district outside the Dublin Metropolitan Division means the Superintendent of the GÃ¡rda SiochÃ¡na for the district ;
the word " 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 word " seaman " means an officer or member of a crew of a ship;
the word " ship " includes aircraft.
PART II. ADMISSION OF ALIENS.
5 Restrictions on landing of aliens
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paragraphs: —(1) An alien coming from any place outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland shall not land in the State except with the leave of an immigration officer, or of the Minister, and such leave may be given by the Minister, if he thinks fit so to do, retrospectively after the alien has landed.
(2) An alien coming to the State from Great Britain or Northern Ireland—
(a) shall not land in the State unless he fulfils such requirementsas may be directed from time to time by any general or special instructions of the Minister,
(b) shall, within 24 hours of landing in the State, report in person to an immigration officer or the registration officer of the registration district in which he is staying, produce to such officer a valid passport or some other document establishing his nationality and identity and furnish such information as the officer may require regarding the purpose of his landing in the State,
(c) shall not remain in the State for more than one month without the leave of the Minister.
(3) Leave to land in the State shall not be given to an alien coming from any place outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland, and leave to remain in the State for more than one month shall not be given to an alien who has come from Great Britain or Northern Ireland, unless the alien 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 the State, 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 ;
(g) he has not been prohibited from landing by the Minister ;
(h) he fulfils such other requirements as may be directed from time to time by any general or special instructions of the Minister.
(4) An immigration officer 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, or of leave to remain in the State for more than one month, 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 immigrationofficer and the alien shall comply with the conditions so attached or added.
(5) An alien who contravenes any provision of this Article shall for the purposes of Article 7 of this Order be deemed to be an alien to whom leave to land has been refused.
6 Approved Port
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paragraphs: —(1) An alien (other than a seaman) coming by sea or air from outside the State shall not, without the permission of the Minister, land elsewhere than at an approved port.