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3. Prohibited Immigrants Irrespective of their nationality or race, the following classes of persons are prohibited from landing in New Zealand : (a) Any idiot or insane person : (b) Any person suffering from a contagious disease which is loathsome or dangerous (c) Any person arriving in New Zealand within two years after the termination of a period of imprisonment in respect of any offence which, if committed in New Zealand, would be punishable by death or imprisonment for two years or upwards : (d) Any person who is considered by the Attorney-General to be disaffected or of such a character that his presence in New Zealand would be injurious to the peace, order, and good government of New Zealand : (e) Every person of the age of fifteen years or over who, on arrival, refuses or neglects to make the required declaration and who, in the case of an alien, refuses or neglects to take an oath (or make an affirmation) of obedience : (/) Every person who is required to'obtain a permit to enter New Zealand and who is not at the time of arrival in possession of. a permit. 4. Infirm Passengers With respect to any passenger arriving in New Zealand who is infirm and likely to become a charge upon the public or upon any public or charitable institution, the master, owner, or charterer of the ship by which such person comes to New Zealand may be called upon to enter into a bond in the sum of £lOO for such person guaranteeing payment of any expenses which may be incurred for his maintenance or support by or in any such institution within a period of five years. 5. Permits to enter New Zealand as Permanent Residents : Persons who are not of British Birth and Parentage, Etc. The admission to New Zealand of persons who are not of British birth and parentage and wholly of European race and colour is controlled by means of the individual permit system laid down in section 5 of the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1920, which reads as follows : " (1) In addition to the restrictions imposed upon immigration into New Zealand of the several classes of persons specified in the principal Act, as amended by this Act, it is hereby enacted that no person other than a person of British birth and parentage shall (except as by this Act is specially provided) enter into New Zealand unless he is in possession of a permit to enter in the form and to the effect provided by regulations under this Act. " (2) A person shall not be deemed to be of British birth and parentage by reason that he or his parents or either of them is a naturalized British subject, or by reason that he is an aboriginal Native or the descendant of an aboriginal Native of any Dominion other than the Dominion of New Zealand or of any colony or other possession or of any protectorate of His Majesty." 6. Applicants for Permits (a) Application Papers.—Application for a permit to enter New Zealand as a permanent resident must be made in the prescribed form and signed by the applicant, and attested according to the law in force in the country where the application is made, and should then be sent by post to the Minister of Customs, accompanied by the following documents : (1) Documentary evidence that the applicant is fitted by training and experience to pursue the employment which he states that he will undertake in New Zealaftd: (2) A certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner regarding the condition of the mental and physical health of the applicant and the persons accompanying him : (3) A certificate from a police officer or other public official regarding the character of the applicant and the persons accompanying him: (4) Two unretouched and unmounted half-length recent photographs of the applicant and of each person accompanying him, of a size not exceeding 4£ in. by 3 J in. and not less than 3 in. by 2 in. (b) Translation of Documents. —If any of the documents are not in the English language they should be accompanied by certified translations into the English language from a qualified interpreter. (c) Fees or Charges.—No charge is made for the issue of a permit to enter New Zealand. 7. Alien Immigration Policy At the beginning of each year it has been the practice for the Comptroller of Customs to prepare a statement showing the policy which has been followed during the past year for the purpose of assisting the Minister of Customs in the determination of the policy to be adopted for the ensuing year. This policy can, of course, be modified should the number of applications made or conditions render it necessary to review the policy in operation.

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