British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 168

CHAPTER VII.

Provided that the Director may, at his discretion, grant an immigration certificate to any near relatives (not being dependants within the meaning of the Ordinance) or fiancees of permanent residents or immigrants who are respectively wholly and directly dependent upon such permanent residents or immigrants.11

7. The several disabilities are found in Section 5(1) of the Immigration Ordinance, 1941, which is reproduced below; with the omission of the words in italics this section is identical with the corresponding section in the 1()33 Ordinance.

"No foreigner to whom this Ordinance applies shall enter

Palestine who:-

(a) is a lunatic, idiot or mentally deficient; or (b) is a prostitute; or

(c) is likely to become a pauper or a public charge; or

(d) not having received a free pardon, has been convicted in any country of murder or an offence for which a sentence of imprisonment has been passed, and, by reason of the circumstances connected therewith, is deemed by the High Commissioner to be an unsuitable person for admission into Palestine; or

(e) is deemed by the Director", from information officially received by him, to be au unsuitable person for admission into Palestine; or

(f) is shown by evidence which the High Commissioner may deem sufficient, to be likely to conduct himself so as to be dangerous to peace and good order in Palestine or to excite enmity between the people and the Government of Palestine or to intrigue against the Government's authority in Palestine; or

(g) if he desires to enter Palestine as a traveller or as a temporary labourer, has not in his possession a valid passport issued to him by or on behalf of the Government of the country of which he is a subject or citizen, or some other document establishing his nationality and identity to the satisfaction of the High Commissioner, which passport or document must bear, if a British passport, a valid endorsement and, if any passport or similar document other than a British passport, a valid visa granted by a British Consular or Passport Control Officer or an immigration officer, to which passport or document must be attached a photograph of the person to whom it relates, unless such person is a Moslem woman:

Provided that in special cases the High Commissioner may grant permission to enter Palestine as a traveller or as a temporary labourer to any person who, either by reason of the fact that he is not recognised as a subject or citizen of any country or otherwise, is bona fide unable to obtain such
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* The Director of the Department of Immigration.

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