IMMIGRATION ACT (as at 10th October, 2006) (i) the conditions under which prohibited persons may be allowed to pass through Zimbabwe while journeying or being conveyed to a place outside Zimbabwe; (j) the conditions subject to which visitors may enter or remain in Zimbabwe; (k) the form of warrants or other documents issued or used, or of declarations to be made or of the records to be kept, for the purposes of this Act and the particulars to be inserted in any such document or declaration and the fees payable therefor; (k1) requiring public carriers to provide their passengers with forms and documents, other than travel documents, required under this Act for entry into or departure from Zimbabwe; [Paragraph inserted by s. 10 of Act 8/2000.] (l) the statistics to be kept of persons departing from Zimbabwe; (m) in regard to appeals heard under section twenty-one— (i) the procedure to be followed; (ii) the manner of securing the attendance of witnesses; (iii) the penalties which may be imposed upon a witness in an appeal who, without reasonable excuse— A. fails to attend the hearing of the appeal; or B. refuses to be sworn or to answer fully and satisfactorily any lawful questions put to him; (iv) the lapsing of any appeal for want of prosecution thereof; (n) the information relating to his liability for National Service in terms of the National Service Act [Chapter 11:08] to be provided by any person entering or leaving Zimbabwe; (o) the conditions on which former residents of Zimbabwe may resume residence in Zimbabwe otherwise than as new immigrants or be deemed to have regained their domicile for the purposes of this Act. (3) The Minister may, by regulation, make additional provision for controlling, restricting or prohibiting the entry into Zimbabwe of persons who are not lawfully ordinarily resident therein, and such regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters— (a) the qualifications which a person must possess before he is permitted to enter Zimbabwe and prohibiting the entry of persons who do not possess such qualifications and in particular— (i) requirements as to education, training and experience; (ii) requirements as to capital or income; (iii) that the person must have obtained employment in Zimbabwe before his arrival of such nature and for such period as may be prescribed; (b) the evidence which shall be adduced for any of the qualifications referred to in paragraph (a); (c) the guarantees which may be required in regard to any employment and to the maintenance and repatriation of any person and his dependants; (d) the prohibition of the entry of persons seeking employment in Zimbabwe except in such occupations and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed: Provided that regulations made under this paragraph shall not, solely in order to protect the interests of persons engaged in any particular profession, trade or industry, prohibit the entry of any person seeking employment in Zimbabwe; (e) the setting up of an authority to advise the Minister as to the best method of exploiting the capacity of Zimbabwe to absorb immigrants; - 25 -

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