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the powers conferred on me by section 5
the Aliens Act, 1935 (No. 14
1935), hereby order as follows : 1 Short title, collective citation and commencement. 1.—
July,
1946 ). 3 Amendment
Principal Order. 3. Article 3
the Principal Order is hereby amended by the deletion in the definition
" alien "
" to whom the Aliens (Exemption) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 80
1935 ), applies " and the substitution therefor
" born in Great Britain or Northern Ireland ". 4 Amendment
Principal Order. 4.—
the Principal Order is hereby amended by the addition at the end
paragraph
the following proviso : " Provided that in the case
an alien who has a valid Irish visa or who is a citizen
any
the following countries : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Federal Republic
Germany, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey and The United States
America subparagraph (b)
this paragraph shall not apply and subparagraph (c)
this paragraph shall apply as if the reference to one month were a reference to three months."
the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph
the following paragraphs : " (2A) Nothing in paragraphs
this Article shall apply in relation to an alien to whom paragraph (2B)
this Article applies. (2B) (a) This paragraph applies to aliens who are citizens
any
the following : United Kingdom and Colonies, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Republic
Cyprus, Ghana, India, Federation
Malaya, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Federation
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Sierra Leone, State
Singapore, Tanganyika, or the Republic
South Africa. (b) In the case
an alien to whom this paragraph applies coming from a place outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland, leave to land in the State shall not be refused by an immigration
ficer where such
ficer is satisfied that— (
study at any university, college, school or other institution in the State, being a course which will occupy the whole or a substantial part
his time and has made the necessary arrangements to enable him to do so, (iii) the alien is in a position to support himself and his dependants (if any) otherwise than by taking employment or engaging in business, (iv) the alien is ordinarily resident in the State or has been so resident within the period
two years ending at the time
the landing in the State, or (v) the alien is the child under sixteen years
age or wife
an alien to whom this paragraph applies, being an alien who is being given leave to land in the State at the same time or who is ordinarily resident in the State, (vi) the alien is a minister
religion or a member
a religious order or community or is coming to the State for the purpose
joining a religious order or community. (c) Nothing in subparagraph (b)
this paragraph shall prevent an immigration
ficer from refusing leave to land in the State where— (i) it appears to the immigration
ficer that the alien is a person suffering from mental disorder, or that it is otherwise undesirable for medical reasons that the alien should be given such leave, (ii) the immigration
ficer has reason to believe that the alien has been sentenced in a foreign country for any extradition crime within the meaning
the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906, (iii) the landing
the alien in the State would, in the opinion
the Minister, be contrary to the interests
national security, or (iv) the alien is a person with respect to whom an order under Article 13
this Order is in force. (d) In clause (v)
subparagraph (b)
this paragraph ' child ' includes a step-child and an adopted child and, in relation to the mother, an illegitimate child." 5 Amendment
Principal Order. 5. Article 11
the Principal Order is hereby amended by the addition at the end
paragraph 6
the following subparagraph : "(f) an alien to whom paragraph (2B)
this Order applies." 6 Amendment
Principal Order. 6. Article 13
the Principal Order is hereby amended by the addition
the following paragraph : "
this Order applies save where the alien has been convicted
an extradition crime within the meaning
the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906, and has not been ordinarily resident in the State for a continuous period
five years ending at the time
the conviction." 7 Amendment
Principal Order. 7. Article 18
the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion
" other than an alien to whom paragraph (2B)
this Order applies," before " require ". GIVEN under my
ficial Seal, this 29th day
June, 1962. CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Justice. EXPLANATORY NOTE. By virtue
the Aliens (Exemption) Order, 1935, citizens, subjects or nationals
named States (being member States
the British Commonwealth were exempt from the provisions
the Aliens Act, 1935 and the Aliens Order, 1946. The 1935 Order was revoked by the Aliens (Exemption) Order, 1935 (Revocation) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 113
1962 )made by the Government on 26th June, 1962 and expressed to come into operation on 1st July, 1962. The effect
that Order, by itself, would be to make subject to the Aliens Laws all those persons who were heretofore exempt from them, but that situation will not arise in view
the terms
the present Order, i.e. the Aliens (Amendment) Order, 1962. The effect
this Order is to continue the exemption from the provisions
the Aliens Order, 1946,
persons born in Great Britain or Northern Ireland and, as regards citizens
named states (being member States
the British Commonwealth and the Republic
South Africa), to substitute for the provisions
the Aliens Order, 1946, special provisions set out in the amending Order. The effect
these special provisions is to exempt those to whom they apply from the provisions
the Aliens Order, 1946, except to the following extent : (
an extraditable
fence and, at the time
the conviction, have been resident in the State for less than five years, they may be deported. The present Order also relaxes the requirements that apply to aliens generally when coming to this country on visits from Great Britain or Northern Ireland. At present such persons are required, by the Aliens Order, 1946, to report to an Immigration
ficer or the Garda Síochána within twenty four hours
arrival and not to remain more than one month without permission from the Minister for Justice. The Order has the effect that such persons may stay in the State without formality for a period
up to three months if they (
any country named in Article 4
the Order (these being countries in respect
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