Section 46

is not a citizen;

is by reason of destitution, infirmity or mental incapacity, unable to obtain employment or to support himself and his family (if any);

is unable to pay the cost of his passage and of the passages of his family (if any) to the country of his birth or citizenship; and

is or is likely to become a charge upon the public or on a charitable institution,

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may apply to the Director General for the repatriation of himself and his family (if any) at the cost of the Government.

Upon any such application, if the Director General is satisfied, after such inquiry as he deems necessary, that the person has or is about to become a charge on the public or on a charitable institution and is unable to pay the cost of the repatriation of himself and his family, if any, and that no government, organisation, company or person is liable or willing to pay the cost of repatriation, the Director General may authorize the payment of the cost subject to the condition specified in subsection (3).

Any person repatriated at the cost of the Government shall enter into an undertaking, in such form as may be prescribed, that he will not return to Malaysia without the sanction in writing of the Director General. Any such sanction shall be conditional upon the person refunding to the Director General all costs and charges incurred in the repatriation of that person and his family, if any, and shall be subject to such other conditions as the Director General may deem expedient.

Any person who has been repatriated at the cost of the

Government under this section who enters or attempts to enter

Malaysia without the sanction of the Director General under subsection (3), or who having entered Malaysia with such sanction, fails or neglects to comply with any condition upon which the sanction was given, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Masters, captains, owners, etc., liable for expenses