Part III
- officer on a particular date for the purpose of giving leave shall be presumed to have been duly so imprinted, unless the contrary is proved;
- (b) proof that a person had leave to enter the United Kingdom shall lie on the defence if, but only if, he is shown to have entered within six months before the date when the proceedings were commenced.
Assisting illegal entry, and harbouring. 25.—(1) Any person knowingly concerned in making or carrying out arrangements for securing or facilitating the entry into the United Kingdom of anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be an illegal entrant shall be guilty of an offence, punishable on summary conviction with a fine of not more than £400 or with imprisonment for not more than six months, or with both, or on conviction on indictment with a fine or with imprisonment for not more than seven years, or with both.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) above a person knowingly harbouring anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be either an illegal entrant or a person who has committed an offence under section 24(1)(b) or (c) above, shall be guilty of an offence, punishable on summary conviction with a fine of not more than £400 or with imprisonment for not more than six months, or with both.
(3) A constable or immigration officer may arrest without warrant anyone who has, or whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to have, committed an offence under subsection (1) above.
(4) The extended time limit for prosecutions which is provided for by section 28 below shall apply to offences under this section.
(5) Subsection (1) above shall apply to things done outside as well as to things done in the United Kingdom where they are done—
- (a) by a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies;
- (b) by a British subject by virtue of section 2 of the 1948 c. 56.British Nationality Act 1948 (continuance of certain subjects of the Republic of Ireland as British subjects);
- (c) by a British subject without citizenship by virtue of section 13 or 16 of that Act (which relate respectively to British subjects whose citizenship had not been ascertained at the commencement of that Act and to persons who had ceased to be British on loss of British nationality by a parent);
- (d) by a British subject by virtue of the 1965 c. 34.British Nationality Act 1965; or
