(iii) is in possession of or uses any permit or travel document or any other certificate or document
whatsoever which he is not entitled to possess or use;
[Subparagraph substituted by s. 8 of Act 8/2000.]
or
(a1) outside Zimbabwe—
(i) forges any Zimbabwean permit or travel document; or
(ii) is in unlawful possession of or uses any forged Zimbabwean permit or travel document, knowing
it to be forged; or
(iii) is in unlawful possession of or uses any Zimbabwean permit or travel document which he is not
entitled to possess or use;
[Paragraph inserted by s. 8 of Act 8/2000.]
or;
(b) if required to provide information in terms of regulations referred to in paragraph (n) of subsection (2) of
section forty-one, makes any statement which he knows to be false or does not know or reasonably
believe to be true; or
(c) assists any person, whether or not such person is doli capax, to enter, remain in or depart from
Zimbabwe in contravention of this Act; or
(d) subject to subsection (2), conveys any person into or out of Zimbabwe in contravention of this Act; or
(e) commits any fraudulent act or makes any false representation, by conduct, statement or otherwise, for
the purpose of facilitating or assisting the entry into or departure from Zimbabwe of himself or any other
person, whether or not such person is doli capax, in contravention of this Act; or
(f) is in unlawful possession of, or makes use of, any permit or travel document issued to another; or
(g) delivers a permit or travel document issued to him to any other person for use by such other person; or
(g1) knowingly assists another person to obtain a permit or travel document to which that other person is not
entitled; or
[Paragraph inserted by s. 8 of Act 8/2000.]
(g2) offers any money or property to a Zimbabwean citizen in order to induce that Zimbabwean citizen to
enter into a marriage or form of marriage with the object of—
(i) securing or facilitating the entry into Zimbabwe of a person who would not otherwise be
permitted to enter Zimbabwe; or
(ii) ensuring that a person who would not otherwise have a right to remain in Zimbabwe obtains
such a right;
[Paragraph inserted by s. 8 of Act 8/2000.]
or
(g3) being a Zimbabwean citizen, accepts or agrees to accept any money or property to enter into a marriage
or form of marriage for an object referred to in paragraph (g2); or
[Paragraph inserted by s. 8 of Act 8/2000.]
(h) contravenes or fails to comply with the conditions under which any exemption, permit, certificate or
other document has been granted or issued to him under this Act; or
(i) hinders or obstructs any police officer or immigration officer in the execution of his duties under this
Act; or
(j) contravenes any provision of this Act for the contravention of which no penalty is specially provided;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level twelve or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding ten years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[Subsection as amended by s. 8 of Act 8/2000 and by Act 22 of 2001]
(2) In any prosecution for an offence in terms of paragraph (d) of subsection (1), it shall be a defence if the
accused proves that he did not know, had no reason to believe and could not reasonably ascertain, that the person
referred to in that paragraph was being conveyed in contravention of this Act.
37 Forfeiture of vehicles, aircraft or boats
(1) Where any person is convicted under this Act of—
(a) entering or attempting to enter or departing or attempting to depart from Zimbabwe; or
(b) assisting any person to enter or depart from Zimbabwe; or
(c) conveying or attempting to convey any person into or out of Zimbabwe;
in contravention of this Act, the court may order that any vehicle, aircraft or boat used for the purpose of or in
connection with the commission of the offence shall be forfeited to the State:
Provided that, if it is proved that such vehicle, aircraft or boat is not the property of the person convicted and
that its owner was—
(a) unaware that the vehicle, aircraft or boat, as the case may be, was being so used; and
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