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 as amended by Act 22 of 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—
(a) present himself to an immigration officer; or
(b) if an immigration officer is not at the time on duty or available at the port of entry, remain at the port of
entry until an immigration officer comes on duty or becomes available and then present himself to the
immigration officer;
and shall comply with such directions as may be prescribed.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person referred to in—
(a) paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section eleven, who enters Zimbabwe in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the authority referred to therein; or
(b) paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section eleven, in respect of this last entry into Zimbabwe before
becoming a recognized refugee or protected person in terms of the Refugees Act [Chapter 4:03].
(3) An immigration officer may require any person presenting himself in terms of subse ction (1) to do all or
any of the following—
(a) to produce a valid travel document and submit to an appropriate endorsement being made therein;
(b) to make and sign a declaration in the prescribed form;
(c) to produce documentary or other evidence relative to his claim to enter or remain in Zimbabwe;
(d) to submit to any examination or test to which he may lawfully be subjected in terms of this Act;
(e) if he is suspected of being afflicted or infected with or suffering from any disease or being afflicted with
any infirmity of mind or body or physical incapacity which under this Act would render him a prohibited
person, to submit to an examination by a Government medical officer or such other medical practitioner
as may be designated by the Minister;
and any person so required shall comply with such requirement.