Aliens

No. 12 of 1965

An Act to amend the Aliens Act 1947-1959.

[Assented to 17 May, 1965]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Aliens Act 1965.

(2.) The Aliens Act 1947-1959 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Aliens Act 1947-1965.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Exemption from registration.

3. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “nine, ten and ten a” and inserting in their stead the words “nine and ten a”.

4. Sections 9 and 10 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following section is inserted in their stead:—

Annual notification of address, occupation and marital status.

“9.—(1.) An alien who, on the prescribed day in any year, was an alien and was in Australia shall, within one month after that day, in the prescribed manner, notify a prescribed person—

(a) of the address of the place of residence, and the occupation or employment, of the alien; and

(b) whether the alien is single, married, widowed or divorced, as at the time of the notification.

“(2.) Where an alien who is required by the last preceding sub-section to notify a prescribed person, within one month after the prescribed day in any year, of the matters referred to in that sub-section was under the age of twenty-one years on that day—

(a) the notification may be made on behalf of the alien by a parent or guardian of the alien; and

(b) if the notification is not made within that month—each parent or guardian of the alien shall be deemed to have contravened this section.”.

Offences to be continuing.

5. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(3.) Notwithstanding that the period within which an alien under the age of twenty-one years is required by sub-section (1.) of section nine of this Act to notify a prescribed person of the matters referred to in that sub-section has expired, or that a parent or guardian of the alien has been convicted for contravening that section, each parent or guardian of the alien shall, until the notification is made or the alien attains the age of twenty-one years, whichever first happens, continue to be deemed to have contravened that section and is subject to the same penalty as if he had been proceeded against for contravening that section.”.

Settlement of cases.

6. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “section nine, section ten or section ten a” and inserting in their stead the words “section nine or section ten a”.