LAWS OF SOLOMON ISLANDS

[1996 EDITION]

CHAPTER 62

REGISTRATION OF ALIENS

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ALIENS

[15th July 1955.]

5 of 1955
12 of 1956
LN 46A of 1978
LN 88 of 1978

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Registration of Aliens Act.

Interpretation
LN. 46A of 1978

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

"alien" means a person of the age of eighteen years who is not a citizen under the provisions of Chapter III of the Constitution;

"registration officer" means an officer of police of a rank not lower than that of Inspector.

Aliens in Solomon Islands to apply for registration
LN 88 of 1978

3.—(1) Every alien in Solomon Islands shall within twenty-eight days of the coming into force of this Act make application for registration in the Form A in the Schedule hereto.

(2) Every such application shall be in writing in duplicate, and shall be made by delivering the same personally to the officer in charge of a police station who shall issue a receipt to the applicant as in Form B in the Schedule hereto.
Schedule

(3) Every such application shall be signed by the applicant in person with his usual signature, unless he is unable to write, in which case he shall, in the presence of the police officer to whom application is made, affix to the application such thumb print or finger prints or other means of identification as the police officer may require.

Application by aliens arriving in Solomon Islands
LN 88 of 1978

4.—(1) Every alien who arrives in Solomon Islands after the coming into force of this Act shall make application for registration in the manner set out in section 3 within twenty-eight days of the date of his arrival.

(2) Every person who after the coming into force of this Act becomes an alien as herein defined whether by attaining the age of eighteen years or otherwise howsoever shall within twenty-eight days make application for registration in the manner set out in section 3.

Application to be forwarded to registration officer

5. The police officer to whom the application is made shall, upon receipt thereof, forward the same to a registration officer appointed for the police district in which the applicant resides.

Issue of certificate of registration
LN 46A of 1978

6. The registration officer shall file the application in his office and issue a certificate of registration in the Form C in the Schedule hereto, one copy of which shall be retained at his office, one copy forwarded to the Commissioner of Police with the duplicate of the application, and one copy delivered to the alien on his application at the police station where his application for registration was delivered.
Schedule

Notice to be given of change of abode or departure
LN 88 of 1978

7.—(1) Every alien who after receipt of his certificate of registration shall change his place of abode shall within fourteen days of such change notify the officer in charge of the police station nearest to his new place of abode.

(2) Every alien who after receipt of his certificate of registration is about to leave Solomon Islands shall notify the officer in charge of the police station nearest to his place of abode of his intention to leave Solomon Islands.

Register of aliens
LN 46A of 1978
LN 88 of 1978

8. The Commissioner of Police shall cause to be compiled a register of the names, places of abode, and such other particulars as he may deem it expedient to include, of all registered aliens, to be called the Register of Aliens, which shall be amended from time to time by correcting errors therein, by adding thereto the names of aliens to whom certificates of registration have been issued, and by removing therefrom the names of aliens who die, or who leave Solomon Islands, or who otherwise cease to be subject to the provisions of this Act.

Certified copies of entries in Register
LN 46A of 1978

9.—(1) The Register of Aliens shall not be open as of right to inspection by any person.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) the Court may in any proceedings for an offence under this Act order or permit a certified copy of any entry in the Register to be produced in Court.

(3) Any certificate of registration issued under the provisions of this Act shall be prima facie evidence of the registration of the person to whom such certificate relates.

(4) A copy certified by the Commissioner of Police or by a police officer acting on his behalf of any entry in the Register shall be prima facie evidence of such entry.

(5) A certificate under the hand of the Commissioner of Police or of a police officer acting on his behalf, of the absence of any entry in the Register shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such certificate.

(6) The absence of an entry in the Register relating to any person shall be prima facie evidence that no application for registration has been made by that person.

(7) Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of the Commissioner of Police or of a police officer acting on his behalf to any certificate or certified copy referred to in this Act and the signature of a registration officer to any certificate of registration.

Offences

10. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of section 3, section 4 or section 7 or who in any application for registration wilfully makes any false statement shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Power to exempt
12 of 1956, s. 2
LN 46A of 1978

11. The Minister may direct that any person or class of persons shall be exempt either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose from all or any of the provisions of this Act.

SCHEDULE

(Sections 3, 4 and 6)

Serial No. ....................

FORM A.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS AN ALIEN

Name 
                        (Christian and surnames in block capitals.)

Place of abode 

Sex ................................................... Date of birth 

Place of Birth (Town or village, and country) 

Present nationality 

Any former nationality 

Conjugal condition: Single/Married/Widowed/Divorced.

Present occupation, profession, or trade 

Previous occupations, professions, or trades 

Military service in alien forces 

Countries and areas with which familiar 

Languages spoken 

Whether relatives abroad, if so where, and whether in correspondence

Holder of valid National Passport or Travel Document No. 

Issued at .................................................. on 

Date and place of entry to Solomon Islands 

Whether applicant for naturalisation/repatriation/immigration.

Date of application 

Strike out words not applicable.

NOTE.—If alien is unable to read or write, a thumbprint is to be made in the space provided for his/her signature, in the presence of the officer to whom the application is made, stating which thumb is used.

Signature of alien.

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Certificate of Registration No. ......................... Issued at 
on .................................................... by 

FORM B.

RECEIPT OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS AN ALIEN

Received this .............................. day of, ………………… 19 ...... application by (name) 
for registration as an alien.

Signed 

Rank 

Serial No. 

FORM C.

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF ALIEN

Name
                                        (Christian and surnames in block capitals.)

Place of abode 

Present nationality 

Date and place of application for registration

Date and place of issue of this certificate

Signature of Registration Officer.

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