(a) any person or class of persons deemed by the Minister, on economic grounds or on account of standards or habits of life, to be undesirable inhabitants or to be unsuited to the requirements of Zimbabwe; (b) any person who at the time of his entry into Zimbabwe is likely to become a public charge— (i) by reason of infirmity of mind or body; or (ii) because he is not in possession, for his own use, of sufficient means to support himself and such of his dependants as he brings or has brought into Zimbabwe; (c) any person who is— (i) an epileptic or mentally disordered or defective as defined in section 2 of the Mental Health Act [Chapter 15:06]; or (ii) deaf and dumb, or deaf and blind, or dumb and blind, or otherwise physically incapacitated; unless in any such case he or a person accompanying him or some other person gives security to the satisfaction of the Minister for his permanent support in Zimbabwe, or for his removal therefrom whenever required by the Minister; (d) any person who is infected or afflicted with or suffering from a prescribed disease, unless he is in possession of a permit to enter and remain in Zimbabwe issued upon conditions fixed in the permit and complies with such conditions; (e) any person who, not having received a free pardon, has been convicted in Zimbabwe or elsewhere of— (i) any offence specified in Part I of the Schedule; or (ii) any offence at common law or in terms of any enactment, not specified in Part I of the Schedule, for which he is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, whether such imprisonment is suspended or not; or (iii) any offence specified in Part II of the Schedule, other than an offence referred to in subparagraph (ii), and who is declared by the Minister in terms of subsection (2) to be a prohibited person; (f) any person who— (i) is a prostitute or homosexual; or (ii) lives or has lived on, or knowingly receives or has received, any part of the earnings of prostitution or homosexuality; or (iii) has procured persons for immoral purposes; (g) any person who, from information received from any source, is deemed by the Minister to be an undesirable inhabitant of or undesirable visitor to Zimbabwe; (h) any person who— (i) before the dissolution of the Federation, had been deported or removed from, ordered to leave or prohibited from entering or remaining in the Federation in terms of any law; or (ii) before the 1st June, 1979, had been deported or removed from or ordered to leave Zimbabwe or deemed or declared to be prohibited immigrant; (i) any person who has entered or remained in Zimbabwe in contravention of this Act or a repealed Act, whether or not he has been prosecuted for such contravention; (j) any person declared in terms of subsection (6) to be a prohibited person; (k) the wife and children under the age of eighteen years and any other dependants of a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j). (2) A person shall be declared to be a prohibited person in terms of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) by notice in writing served on him or, if his whereabouts are unknown or he has departed from Zimbabwe, by notice in the Gazette. (3) If an immigration officer is of the opinion that any person who has entered Zimbabwe but who has not acquired a domicile in Zimbabwe has become, or is likely to become, a public charge— (a) by reason of infirmity of mind or body; or (b) because he is not in possession, for his own use, of sufficient means to support himself and such of his dependants as he has brought into Zimbabwe; the immigration officer may apply to the Minister for a declaration that such person is a prohibited person. (4) Before making an application in terms of subsection (3), the immigration officer shall notify the person concerned of his intention to do so and ask him whether he has any representations which he wishes to make to the Minister. (5) Any representations in terms of subsection (4) shall be reduced to writing and signed by the person concerned and shall be forwarded by the immigration officer with the application in terms of subsection (3). (6) On receiving an application and any representations forwarded in terms of subse ction (5) the Minister— (a) may declare the person concerned to be a prohibited person; (b) if he declares the person to be a prohibited person, shall cause written notice thereof to be transmitted to the immigration officer concerned.

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