IMMIGRATION ACT (as at 10th October, 2006)
(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
subsection (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.
(4) Subject to this Act, an immigration officer shall permit a person who complies
with the requirements of subsection (3) to enter Zimbabwe if he is satisfied that such
person is not a prohibited person or a person referred to in subsection (1) of section
eighteen.
[Subsection amended by s. 5 of Act 8/2000.]
(5) Any person found in Zimbabwe who is suspected by an immigration officer, on
reasonable grounds, of being a prohibited person or of having entered Zimbabwe in
contravention of this Act or a repealed Act may be required to appear before an immigration officer and the provisions of subsection (3) shall apply, mutatis mutandis.
(5a) Any person who⎯
(a) contravenes subsection (1) or (3); or
(b) fails without just cause to appear before an immmgration officer when required
to do so in terms of subsection (4);
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment
[Subsection inserted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]
(6) If, in any prosecution for a contravention of subsection (1), it is proved that the
accused entered Zimbabwe, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that he
failed, on arrival at a port of entry, to present himself to an immigration officer and
comply with the directions referred to in that subsection.
13 Production of travel documents by persons entering Zimbabwe
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall enter Zimbabwe unless, if he is—
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