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Person found in Belize after order of banishment-punishment
Cap. 159, s. 20 · Revised Edition 2020
Every person so ordered to be banished, who is found in Belize after the time fixed for his departure in the order of banishment, may be arrested without warrant by any police officer, and shall, upon being brought before a magistrate and proof that the order of banishment was personally served upon such person or left at the usual or last known place of abode of such person, and also published in the Gazette, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned until he shall agree to leave and does actually leave Belize,
provided that–
(a) such imprisonment shall not be continued for a longer period than six months;
(b) if at the expiration of such term, in the opinion of the Minister, it appears to be necessary for the public safety that such person shall be banished from Belize, and such person still refuses or neglects to leave Belize, or, having left Belize returns thereto, the Minister may issue a fresh order banishing such person,
which order may be enforced and proceeded upon in the same manner as the first order, and so from time to time so long as such necessity continues.
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