IMMIGRATION ACT (as at 10th October, 2006)
(4) Upon breach of any condition of a bond entered into in terms of subsection (2),
any magistrates court may, on the application of the Minister, give judgment against the
person referred to in that subsection or his sureties in accordance with the bond, and
such person may be arrested and detained in a prison, police cell or other convenient
place until any inquiries have been completed or, if he is found to be a prohibited person,
until he is removed from Zimbabwe.
10 Duty of officer in charge of prison or police cell
An officer in charge of a prison or police cell shall receive into custody or retain in
custody any person detained or to be detained in terms of section eight when required in
writing by an immigration officer to do so, and any person detained in a prison solely by
virtue of this section shall be treated as a person awaiting trial.
PART III
ENTRY INTO ZIMBABWE
11 Ports of entry
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall enter Zimbabwe at any place other
than a port of entry.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to—
(a) any person who, having been authorized by the Minister to enter Zimbabwe at
a place other than a port of entry, complies with the terms and conditions of
such authority; or
(b) an entry into Zimbabwe by a person who remains within Zimbabwe after such
entry as a recognized refugee or protected person in terms of the Refugees Act
[Chapter 4:03].
(3) A prohibited person who is permitted by or under this Act to enter or re-enter
Zimbabwe shall not enter or re-enter Zimbabwe at any port of entry other than that
through which his entry or re-entry has been authorized by an immigration officer.
(4) In any prosecution for a contravention of—
(a) subsection (1)—
(i) the onus of proving that that subsection did not apply to him shall lie
upon the accused; and
(ii) if it is proved that the accused entered Zimbabwe, it shall be presumed,
unless the contrary is proved, that he entered Zimbabwe at a place other than a port of entry;
(b) subsection (3), if it is proved that the accused entered Zimbabwe, it shall be
presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that he entered Zimbabwe at a port of
entry other than an authorized port of entry.
(5) Any person who⎯
(a) contravenes subsection (1) or (3); or
(b) contravenes or fails to comply with any term or condition referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2);
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[Subsection substituted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]
12 Persons entering Zimbabwe to appear before and comply with directions of immigration officer
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and any regulations referred to in paragraph (c) of
subsection (2) of section forty-one, any person who enters Zimbabwe shall, on arrival at
a port of entry—
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