THE IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS (RE: 2002)
(Made under Section 33)
G.Ns. Nos.
657 of 1997
413 of 1998
431 of 2002
433 of 2002
PART I: PRELIMINARY
PROVISIONS (regs 1-4)
1. Short title
These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration
Regulations.
2. Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires–
"the Act" means the Immigration Act;
"the East African country" means the United
Republic, Kenya or Uganda;
"Inter-State Pass" means a pass issued to a person
by any East African country for the purpose of travel to and between the other
East African countries;
"issuing officer" means a person authorized by the
Act or these Regulations to issue permits, pass endorsement or exemption
certificate;
"Magistrate" means–
(a) in the case of Mainland Tanzania, a District Magistrate;
and
(b) in the case of Zanzibar, a Chairman of the Peoples'
Court.
"sea" includes inland waters;
"the 1972 Regulations" means the Immigration
Regulations, 1972.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person who–
(a) arrives in the United Republic by ship shall, so long as
he remains on board, be deemed not to have entered the United Republic;
(b) arrives in the United Republic in an aircraft shall, so
long as he remains on board the aircraft or within any area set aside as
transit area, be deemed not to have entered the United Republic.
3. Forms
(1) The forms set out in the First Schedule to these
Regulation, shall be used for the matters to which they refer or are capable of
being adapted, and such forms with such modifications as may be necessary are
hereby prescribed for the purpose of the Act and these Regulations.
(2) Until such time as printed copies of the forms are
available forms prescribed by the 1972 Regulations, with such alterations and
modifications as may be necessary, may be used for the purposes of the Act and
these Regulations.
4. Fees
(1) There shall be paid in respect of the several matters
provided for in the first column of the Second Schedule to these Regulations
the fees set out opposite thereof in the Second Column.
(2) The Minister may exempt any person or class of persons
in the services of the United Republic or East African Community or a
Corporation within the Community from the payment of such fees.
PART II: RESIDENCE PERMITS
(regs 5-7)
5. Validity of
residence permits
The period of validity of a residence permit and of every
renewal shall, subject to the provisions of section 18(2) of the Act, be at the
discretion of the Director of Immigration Services.
6. Grace period on
expiry of permit
Where a residence permit expires or is cancelled, the
presence in the United Republic of the holder thereof or of any person whose
name is endorsed thereon, shall not, unless the Minister in any particular case
otherwise directs, be unlawful by reason of the provisions of subsection (1) of
section 15 of the Act, during the period of one month commencing with such
expiry or cancellation.
7. Grace period on
cancellation of endorsement
Where an endorsement of a name on a residence permit is
cancelled, the presence in the United Republic of the person whose name is so
cancelled shall not, unless the Minister otherwise directs, be unlawful by
reason of the provisions of subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act, during the
period of one month commencing with such expiry or cancellation.
PART III: ENTRY PASSES (regs
8-16)
8. Classes of entry
passes
(1) Subject to these Regulations, the following passes may
be issued to persons who enter and remain in the United Republic:
(a) a Dependant's Pass;
(b) an In-Transit Pass;
(c) a Special Pass;
(d) a Visitor's Pass;
(e) an Inter-State Pass;
(f) a Landing Pass.
(2) The issue of any pass to which sub-regulation (1) refers
shall be in the discretion of the issuing officer.
(3) Every such pass shall be issued subject to the condition
that it may, at any time by notice in writing to the holder, be cancelled by
the Director of Immigration Services.
(4) It shall be a condition of issue of every pass granted
under this regulation that the person in respect of whom it is issued shall not
engage in any employment, trade, business or profession within the United Republic
without the permission in writing of the Director of Immigration Services:
Provided that this condition shall not apply in relation to
an Inter-State Pass issued to a person ordinarily resident in the United
Republic.
9. Dependant's Pass
(1) A Dependant's Pass may be issued by the Director of
Immigration Services on the application of any person lawfully present in the
United Republic, or in possession of a valid permit or pass authorising his
entry into or presence in the United Republic, in respect of any person
(hereinafter referred to as "the dependant") as to whom issuing
officer is satisfied that–
(a) the dependant is the wife, child or near relative of the
applicant and is dependent on the applicant for his or her maintenance; and
(b) the applicant is able to provide and to continue to
provide adequate accommodation for such dependant; and
(c) the applicant has in his own right and at his full and
free disposal an assured annual income sufficient to enable him to maintain
adequately such dependant.
(2) No Dependant's Pass shall be issued or renewed in
respect of a male person over the age of eighteen years–
(a) without the consent of the Minister; or
(b) unless on the opinion of the Director of Immigration
Services such male person is, through age, infirmity or sickness, unable to
support himself, and, unless renewed, no such pass issued in respect of such a
male person shall be valid for longer than such period (not exceeding two
years) as may be endorsed thereon.
10. Expiry of
Dependant's Pass
A Dependant's Pass
shall expire–
(a) where the person on whose application it was issued
ceased to be resident in the United Republic or if the application was made by
a citizen, when such citizen ceased be a citizen of the United Republic or
ceases to be ordinarily resident in the United Republic; or
(b) with effect from the expiration of one month, or such
further period as the Director of Immigration Services may on application allow
from the death of the person on whose application the pass was issued or if the
pass was issued in respect of a male person under the age of eighteen years,
with effect from the expiration of one month after he attains that age; or
(c) where a person in respect of whom the pass was issued
undertakes any employment trade business or profession within the United
Republic without obtaining the permission in writing of the Director of
Immigration Services or undertakes any such employment, trade, business or
profession other than that in respect of which such permission is granted.
(2) A person who
ceases to be a dependant for purposes of these Regulations shall, not later
than thirty days from the date of his so ceasing, report that fact to the
nearest Immigration Office, and any person who contravenes, fails or refuses to
comply with the provisions of this subregulation commits an offence.
11. In-Transit Pass
(1) An In-Transit Pass may be issued by an Immigration
Officer to any person who satisfies the issuing officer that he desires to
enter the United Republic for the Purpose of passing through the United
Republic to a destination outside the United Republic and that he is in
possession of such valid documents as will enable him to enter the country of
his destination and is otherwise qualified under the law of that country to
enter the same.
(2) An In-Transit Pass shall entitle the holder to enter the
United Republic and remain therein for such period, not exceeding fourteen
days, as may be stated therein.
(3) An In-Transit Pass shall expire if the person in respect
of whom the pass was issued undertakes any employment, trade, business or
profession within the United Republic.
12. Special Pass
(1) A Special Pass may be issued by the Director of
Immigration Services to any person living in or entering the United Republic if
in the opinion of the Director it is desirable, for any of the following
reasons, to issue such a pass–
(a) in order to afford him an opportunity of making an
inquiry for the purpose of determining whether such person is entitled to a
residence permit or is otherwise entitled to remain in or enter the United
Republic under the Act or these Regulations, or to determine such person's
immigration status;
(b) in order to afford such person a reasonable opportunity
of applying for and obtaining a residence permit or a pass other than a Special
Pass or of completing any immigration formality.
13. Visitor's Pass
(1) A Visitor's Pass may be issued by an Immigration Officer
or any other person appointed by the Minister in that behalf to any prospective
visitor to the United Republic who satisfies the issuing officer that he wishes
to enter the United Republic for the purpose of–
(a) spending a holiday; or
(b) travelling; or
(c) answering a subpoena or summons to attend a court; or
(d) obtaining medical treatment by a registered medical
practitioner; or
(e) for any other sufficient reason.
(2) A Visitor's Pass shall entitle the holder thereof and,
if particulars of his wife and children, if any, are endorsed thereon, such
wife and children as accompany him, to enter the United Republic within the
period stated in such Pass and to remain therein for such period not exceeding
ninety days as shall be stated in such Pass:
Provided that the Director of Immigration Services may if he
considers it expedient so to do, extend such last mentioned period by a further
period or periods not exceeding thirty days in the aggregate but so that the
total of the periods of the original Pass and of any extensions thereof shall
not in any case exceed four months.
(3) A Visitor's Pass shall expire if the holder thereof or
any person whose name is endorsed thereon–
(a) is found to be a prohibited immigrant; or
(b) fails to pay any deposit which may have been required of
him as a condition of the granting of such Pass; or
(c) fails to comply with any term or condition specified in
such Pass; or
(d) engages in any employment, trade, business or
profession.
14. Re-entry Pass
(1) An Immigration Officer or any other person appointed by
the Minister in that behalf may issue a Re-entry Pass to any person lawfully
entitled to re-enter the United Republic after a journey to any place outside
the United Republic.
(2) A Re-entry Pass issued under sub-regulation (1) of this
regulation shall be valid for such period not exceeding the period of validity of
the permit or pass under which the holder, is entitled to enter and remain in
the United Republic.
(3) A Re-entry Pass shall expire on the expiration or
cancellation of the permit or pass under which the holder is entitled to enter
and remain in the United Republic.
15. Inter-State Pass
(1) The Director of Immigration Services, may in his
discretion, issue to any person who satisfies him that he is a resident of the
United Republic an Inter-State Pass in the form prescribed in the First
Schedule to these Regulations, which shall entitle the holder thereof to enter
any of the other East African countries and to re-enter the United Republic
from any of the other East African countries at any time during the period of
the validity of such Pass.
(2) A Pass issued under this regulation shall be valid for a
period of two years from the date of its issue and may be renewed on expiry for
a further period or periods not exceeding two years in each case provided that
the total period of validity of such Pass from the date of its original issue
shall not exceed in the aggregate eight years.
(3) The Director of Immigration Services may in his absolute
discretion at any time cancel any Pass issued under this regulation.
(4) Nothing in this regulation shall authorise or be
construed as authorising any person to enter or re-enter the United Republic by
virtue of an Inter-State Pass unless his presence therein is otherwise lawful
under the conditions governing his residence in the United Republic at the date
of his entry into the United Republic.
16. Landing Pass
(1) A Landing Pass may be issued by an Immigration Officer
or any other person appointed by the Minister in that behalf to any person who
satisfies the issuing officer that he is a member of crew; or in-transit passenger
having arrived in the United Republic by sea or lake in the course of a
continuous and unbroken journey through the United Republic for a destination
outside the United Republic and desires to disembark from the ship or vessel on
which he has travelled to the United Republic to go ashore for the purposes of
sight-seeing or for any other sufficient reason for the period during which
such ship or vessel is in port.
(2) A Landing Pass shall entitle the holder and, if
particulars of his wife and children (if any) are endorsed thereon, such wife
or children, to disembark from such ship or vessel and go ashore for such
period, not exceeding one month, as may be stated in the Landing Pass.
(3) It shall be a condition of issue of every Landing Pass
that the person to whom it is granted shall unless the Director permits
otherwise, remain within the area of the town from the port of which he has
disembarked and leave the United Republic by the same ship.
(4) No Landing Pass shall be granted to any person unless–
(a) in the case of a member of crew, he is in possession of
a crew card or such other acceptable identity card issued by the master of his
ship; and
(b) in the case of an in-transit passenger, he is in
possession of such valid documents as will enable him to enter the country of
his destination.
(5) A Landing Pass shall expire–
(a) if the person to whom it is issued or whose name is
endorsed therein is found to be a prohibited immigrant;
(b) on the expiry date specified on the Landing Pass; or
(c) on the date on which such ship or vessel leaves the
United Republic, whichever date first
occurs.
PART IV: PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS
(regs 17-18)
17. Notice
Where the Director of Immigration Services decides that any
person is a Prohibited Immigrant within the meaning assigned to that expression
by section 10 of the Act, he shall serve on him a notice in the prescribed
form.
18. Recovery of
expenses incurred
(1) Where on an application made in that behalf a Resident
Magistrate or a Chairman of People's Court is satisfied that any expenses have
been or will be incurred by the Government in connection with the detention,
maintenance, medical treatment or deportation of any Prohibited Immigrant and
his wife, children or other dependants, if any, he may issue a warrant for the
levy of the amount by distress and sale of movable property belonging to such
prohibited immigrant.
(2) The warrant under sub-regulation (1) may be executed in
the same as a warrant for the levy of the amount of a fine under section 296 of
the Criminal Procedure Act .
(3) The partial recovery of expenses under this regulation
shall not prejudice the liability of any surety for the balance nor shall the
issue or execution of a warrant under this section be a condition precedent to
the liability of a surety.
PART V: ENTRIES AND
DEPARTURES (regs 19-22)
19. Declaration of
entry
(1) Every person entering into the United Republic shall,
without undue delay on his arrival, present himself to an Immigration Officer
and complete and sign the prescribed form of declaration on entry.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of
sub-regulation (1) commits an offence under these Regulations.
20. Points of entry
and departure
(1) Every person entering into or departing from the United
Republic shall do so only at one of the places specified in the first column of
the Third Schedule to these Regulations and prescribed as places of entry and
departure and within the hours set opposite thereto in the second column.
(2) The Minister may, by general or special direction,
exempt any person or any category or body of persons from all or any of the
requirements of this regulation.
(3) Any person who enters into or depart from or attempts to
enter into or depart from the United Republic–
(a) at any place other than a place specified in the Third
Schedule of these Regulations; or
(b) at a place specified in the Third Schedule at any time
other than the hours shown in relation to such place in the Schedule, commits
an offence under these Regulations.
21. Duty of persons
in charge of ships
(1) Where an Immigration Officer boards a ship, the person
in charge of such ship shall not allow any passenger to leave the ship until
such passenger has presented himself in person to such Immigration Officer.
(2) Any person who–
(a) being a master of a ship, or vessel, fails to comply
with the provisions of sub-regulation (1); or
(b) being such passenger, leaves or attempts to leave the
ship without having presented himself in person to the Immigration Officer,
commits an offence under these Regulations.
22. Where in-transit
passenger fails to continue journey
(1) Where any ship, aircraft or vehicle arrives in the
United Republic carrying any person from outside the United Republic whose
destination is also outside the United Republic but who fails to continue his
journey in such ship, aircraft or vehicle in circumstances from which it may
reasonably be inferred that such person has remained in the United Republic,
the person in charge, or the owner or agent in the United Republic of such
ship, aircraft or vehicle as the case may be, shall, as soon as practicable,
notify the nearest Immigration Officer or the nearest police officer of the
failure of such person to continue his journey.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with the requirement
under this regulation commits an offence under the Regulations.
(3) An Immigration Officer may, for the purpose of ensuring
compliance with the requirement of this regulation, delay or prevent the
departure of any person.
PART VI: SECURITIES (regs
23-27)
23. Deposit of sums
of money
(1) Any person who enters or desires to enter or has entered
the United Republic may be required by an Immigration Officer to deposit with
him a sum of money not exceeding US dollars 1,000 in respect of himself and a sum
of money not exceeding US dollars 1,000 in respect of each of his dependants,
before, on or after the entry of such person or any such dependant into the
United Republic and any such deposit may, if necessary, be used for the purpose
of defraying any expenses incurred (whether under any legal obligation or
otherwise) by the Government in that behalf in connection with the detention,
maintenance, medical treatment or conveyance to any place outside the United
Republic of the person in respect of whom such deposit was made:
Provided that–
(a) no person who is employed on overseas leave term in the
service of the Government of the United Republic or the Revolutionary
Government of Zanzibar shall be required to deposit any sum in respect of
himself, his wife or any of his dependant children;
(b) no person in respect of whom a valid Security has been
given under regulation 24 of these Regulations or in respect of whom there is
in force a valid security given under the 1972 Regulations shall be required to
make a deposit under this regulation.
(2) A deposit made under the provisions of sub-regulation
(1) of this regulation shall, unless the money so deposited is used in
connection with the detention, maintenance, medical treatment or conveyance to
any place outside the United Republic of the person in respect of whom it was
made, be refunded to the depositor when the Director of Immigration Services is
satisfied that–
(a) a person in respect of whom the deposit was made has
left or is leaving the United Republic permanently for some other country in which
his presence is or will be authorised under any law for the time being in force
in that country relating to immigration; or
(b) a person in respect of whom the deposit was made has
become a person to whom section 15 of the Act does not apply or who becomes a
person to whom paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section 15 of the Act
applies.
(3) The Director of Immigration Services may, in lieu of
requiring a deposit from any person under the provisions of subregulation (1)
of this regulation, require such person or some other person on his behalf to
give security by bond, either with or without sureties, as the Director may
require, in a sum not exceeding US$ 1,000 in respect of each of his dependants
before, on or after the entry of such person or any such dependant into the
country.
(4) A bond entered into under these Regulations may be
enforced before any Magistrate in the same manner as a Security bond for the
release of an accused person on bail given under the Criminal Procedure Act.
24. Employer's bond
(1) Where any employer in the United Republic employs or has
employed or will or is likely to employ any person to whom section 15 of the
Act applies he shall, upon being required to do so by the Director of
Immigration Services enter into a bond in the form approved by the Director of
Immigration Services, binding himself to pay to the United Republic all the
expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Government in connection with the
detention, maintenance, medical treatment or conveyance to any place outside
the United Republic of any such employee or the wife or a dependant of any such
employer.
(2) Any employer who upon being so required refuses without
lawful excuse, to enter into a bond under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation
or having entered into a bond, refuses or fails to meet his obligations
thereunder, commits an offence.
(3) In this regulation "employer" includes his
personal representatives and assignee.
25. Savings of bonds
under repealed legislation
For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that every
bond entered into under the provisions of the 1972 Regulations and still valid
and enforceable immediately before the commencement of these Regulations shall
be deemed to be a security bond entered into under these Regulations and the
provisions of these Regulations shall apply accordingly.
26. Employer's duty
to give particulars
(1) Where an employer has entered into a general bond under
regulation 24 or given security in respect of any specific employee he shall:
(a) not less than seven days before the arrival or expected
arrival in the United Republic of any person to whom such bond or security
relates, notify the Director of Immigration Services in writing of the expected
arrival of such person;
(b) not less than fourteen days before the date of
expiration or earlier determination of the contract of employment of any such
person to whom such bond or security relates, notify the Director of
Immigration the expiration of earlier determination of such contract.
(2) A general bond under regulation 24 shall be deemed to
relate to every person to whom subsection (1) of section 15 of the Act, applies
who is employed by the employer.
(3) Any employer who fails to comply with the provisions of
sub-regulation (1) of this regulation commits an offence under these
Regulations.
27. Restriction on
variation of tickets
(1) Where a person in respect of whom a cash security has
been deposited or a security bond has been executed in accordance with the
provisions of this regulation satisfies an Immigration Officer that he will, at
his own expense, leave the United Republic permanently within thirty days of
the date when such person presents himself before or makes an application to
the Director of Immigration Services for the purposes of this regulation, the
Director may endorse the ticket or other travel document issued to such person
for his journey to a destination outside the United Republic on the manner
prescribed and shall refund the deposit (after deducting therefrom the amount
of expenditures, if any, which may lawfully be defrayed out of such deposit) or
as the case may be, grant a certificate of the discharge of the bond.
(2) An Immigration Officer may, at any time within thirty
days before any person is required to leave the United Republic either by
reason of expiration, cancellation or variation of the permit or pass issued to
him or for any other reason require such person to produce to him any ticket or
other document obtained by such person to enable him to travel to a destination
outside the United Republic in order to comply with the requirement of leaving
the United Republic, and may endorse the ticket or document in the manner
prescribed.
(3) Where any ticket or document has been endorsed as
provided for in sub-regulation (1) or sub-regulation (2), no person shall,
without the consent in writing of an Immigration Officer, cancel, vary or alter
the ticket or document so as to cancel, delay or postpone the departure from
the United Republic of the person in respect of whom such ticket or document
was issued:
Provided that this sub-regulation shall not apply where any
such cancellation, variation or alteration is necessary because of the
cancellation, delay or postponement of the departure of the ship, vessel,
aircraft or vehicle by which such person is to travel.
(4) Where any ticket or document is cancelled, varied or
altered in contravention of the provisions of sub-regulation (3)–
(a) the person making such cancellation, variation or
alteration and the person at whose request such cancellation, variation or
alteration is made commits an offence under these Regulations;
(b) any refund of deposit made under sub-regulation (1)
shall forthwith become payable to the Director of Immigration Services and a
Resident Magistrate may, on an application made in that behalf by the Director
of Immigration Services, order such payment to be levied as if the amount were
a fine imposed under the Criminal Procedure Act .
PART VII: GENERAL PROVISIONS
(regs 28-30)
28. Effect of non-payment of fee
Where an immigration officer has given notification in
writing that the issue of fee of a residence permit or a pass has been
approved, the approval shall cease to have effect if the prescribed fee is not
paid within a period of sixty days from the date of such notification.
29. Holder of permit
or pass to report address
(1) It shall be a condition of every pass issued under these
Regulations that the holder thereof shall report his address in the United
Republic and any change of address in the United Republic to the Immigration
Officer of his area and to the Director of Immigration Services.
(2) The holder of a residence permit shall report his
address in the United Republic to the Immigration Officer of his area and to
the Director of Immigration Services.
(3) Any person who fails to comply with any requirement
under this regulation commits an offence under these Regulations.
30. Appearance before
an Immigration Officer
An Immigration Officer may, by a written notice under his
hand require any person to appear before him at the place and at or within the
time specified in the notice on matters relating to Immigration.
PART VIII: EXEMPTIONS (regs
31-33)
31. Exemption from
section 15(1) of the Act
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations the following
persons are exempted from the provisions of section 15(1) of the Act–
(a) the holder of an Inter-State Pass; and
(b) the holder of a Landing Pass.
32. Officer and
members of International Organizations
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 15(5)(e) of the Act
and to the conditions specified in sub-regulations (2) and (4) of these
Regulations the following persons are exempted from the provisions of
subsection (1) of section 15 of the Act–
(a) except in so far as in any particular case any exemption
is waived by the member Governments who they represent, the representatives of
any member Governments to any meeting convened by an international
organisation, or any organ of an international organisation while exercising
their functions as such and during their journeys to and from the place of
meeting, and such exemptions shall also be enjoyed by the spouses of the
representative;
(b) except in so far as in any particular case any exemption
is waived by the appropriate authority of any international organisation, the Secretary-General
and Assistant Secretary General of the International Organizations, then
spouses and children under the age of eighteen;
(c) except in so far as in any particular case any exemption
is waived by the Secretary-General or other appropriate authority of an
International Organisation; such officials of the Organisation, other than the
officials specified in subparagraph (b) of this sub-regulation upon whom the
immunities and privileges set out in Part II or Part III of the Fourth Schedule
to the Immunities and Privileges (Extension and Miscellaneous Provisions)
Ordinance, 1961 have been conferred by an order made under section 7 of the
Ordinance, and their spouses and children under the age of eighteen.
(2) The exemption of any person under paragraphs (b) or (c)
of sub-regulation (1) shall cease to have effect upon such person ceasing to be
an official to which those paragraphs apply.
(3) In this sub-regulation–
"representative" includes all delegates, deputy
delegates, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegates in respect
of any meeting of an International Organisation or any organ of an
International Organisation; and
"international Organisation" means the United
Nations Organisation, the Organisation of African Unity and any organisation to
which section 7 of the Immunities and Privileges (Extension and Miscellaneous
Provisions) Ordinance, 1961 applies.
(4) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to any prohibited
immigrant or to any person of whom exemption is cancelled or withdrawn by the
Minister.
33. Certain
regulations to apply to exempt persons
Nothing in regulations 19, 23 or 30 shall apply to any
person to whom paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (5) of section 15
of the Act refer:
Provided that where any such person remains in the United
Republic after expiry of the appropriate period specified in those paragraphs,
he shall forthwith report to an Immigration Officer.
PART IX: MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS (regs 34-39)
34. Citizens subject to certain
regulations
Subject to the provisions of regulation 35, regulations 19,
20, 22 and 31 shall apply to citizens in the same manner and to the same extent
as they apply to other persons.
35. Return by
employer
(1) Every person who, in any calendar year, employs any person
who is not a citizen of the United Republic, shall between the 1st day of
January and the 31st day of March immediately following such year submit to the
Director of Immigration Services, in such form as the Director of Immigration
Services may direct, information relating to the following particulars–
(a) the name of each of the non-citizen person employed by
him during such calendar year;
(b) the name of each such non-citizen person who left the
employment on or before the 1st day of December in such year;
(c) the immigration status of each employee;
(d) such further particulars as the Director of Immigration
Services requires.
(2) Any employer who fails to comply with the provisions of
sub-regulation (1) or who in any such return knowingly or recklessly gives any
information which is false commits an offence.
36. Exemption from
requirements of regulation 35
The Director of Immigration Services may, by notice in the
Gazette or by order under his hand, exempt any employer or class of employers
from the requirements of regulation 35.
37. General penalty
Any person who commits an offence under these Regulations
shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months or to both such
fine and such imprisonment.
38. Transitional
provisions
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Immigration
(Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order any person who entered the United
Republic under an exemption granted under paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or
(f) of subsection (2) of section 10 of the Immigration Act or exemption granted
under the Immigration Control Decree of Zanzibar shall if such exemption is in
force immediately before the commencement of the Act be deemed to be similarly
exempted by virtue of an exemption granted under the provisions of the
Immigration Act.
39. Revocation
[Revokes the
Immigration Regulations and the Immigration Control Regulations, 1954, made
under the Immigration Control Decree of Zanzibar.]
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