Immigration Act 1930 (Cth)

IMMIGRATION.

No. 56 of 1930.

An Act to amend section five of the Immigration Act 1901-1925.

[Assented to 29th November, 1930.]

BE it enacted by the King’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 Immigration Act 1930.

(2.) The Immigration Act 1901-1925 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Immigration Act 1901-1930.

Immigrants evading the officers or found within the Commonwealth.

2.—(1.) Section five of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (a)of sub-section (1.), after the word “evades”, the words “or has, since the commencement of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, evaded”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (b)of sub-section (1.), after the word “enters”, the words “or has, since the commencement of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, entered”; and

(c) by inserting in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1.), after the word “obtains”, the words “or has, since the commencement of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, obtained”.

(2.) The amendments effected by this section shall be deemed to have commenced on the date of the commencement of the ImmigrationAct 1924