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(1) Every person who is in, or enters, Ceylon on or after the appointed date, and has attained, or attains, the age of eighteen years, not being a person-
| | (a) who is not liable to registration by virtue of the operation of the provisions of sub-section (2); or | | |
| | (b) who has entered, or enters, Ceylon before or on or after that date in contravention of the provisions of section 10 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act; or | | |
| | (c) who remains in Ceylon on or after that date in contravention of the provisions of section 15 of that Act, | | |
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(2) The following persons shall not be liable to registration-
| | (a) a person who is the holder of a valid visa or endorsement granted to him under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act; or | | |
| | (b) a person who is exempted from the operation of Part III of that Act by, or by virtue of, an Order made under section 2 (1) of that Act. | | |
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