Registration officers

(1) The Director of Border Management and Immigration Services shall be the Chief Registration Officer for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Senior Immigration Officer shall be the deputy chief registration officer and such officer shall, subject to the directions of the Director of Border Management and Immigration Services, have and may exercise all the powers, functions and duties vested in the Director of Border Management and Immigration Services under this Act. (3) Immigration officers shall be registration officers for all or any specified part of Belize for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. (4) Any police officer may if authorised by the Director of Border Management and Immigration Services and subject to his directions, act as a registration officer. (5) Every registration officer shall have in the exercise of his duties all the powers of a police officer.