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Orders for prohibited immigrants to leave Belize
Cap. 156, s. 27 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) An immigration officer who decides that a person is a prohibited immigrant may–
(a) order him to leave Belize and proceed immediately in the same vessel in which he arrived;
(b) order him to leave Belize within sixty days of entering Belize, and, if the immigration officer thinks fit, by a specified vessel; or
(c) cause him to be arrested and brought before a magistrate’s court with a view to an order being made for his removal,
provided that the Minister or any immigration officer acting under the directions general or special of the Minister may grant a permit to a prohibited immigrant to enter and remain in Belize,
subject to such conditions as to duration, place of residence,
occupation, furnishing of security, or any other matter or thing,
whether similar to those enumerated above or not, as may be deemed expedient.
(2) No prohibited immigrant shall have any right of appeal against an order under sub-section (1)(a) or (b).
Amended by: 40 of 1963
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