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THE HANDBOOK OF PALESTINE

(b) FOR PALESTINIANS.

1. Laissez-Passers valid for one year are issued by the Department of Immigration and Travel at Jerusalem, Haifa, or Jaffa.

2. Holders of Laissez-Passers desiring to travel in the British Empire or to territory which is under British protection or mandate must obtain the necessary British visas, either from the Department of Immigration and Travel in Palestine or from His Majesty's representatives abroad. British visas, unless otherwise endorsed, are valid for one year.

3. Holders of Laissez-Passers who desire to travel to countries other than British Possessions must obtain visas from the foreign consular representatives concerned.

(c) FOR SUBJECTS OF OTHER STATES.

1. Passports are issued by the Consular Representatives of Foreign Countries.

2. The regulations regarding British and Foreign visas, mentioned in (b) 2 and 3 above apply also to the holders of Foreign passports.

For list of Foreign Consuls, see Part VII.

Health Arrangements for Tourists.—Specially conducted parties of tourists may land and proceed immediately on their tour, except in cases where plague or cholera has occurred on board the ship during the voyage or where the ship has called at a cholera-infected port within five days of reaching Palestine.

No individual or personal inspection of tourists will be made, provided the following procedure is complied with:

(a) the Medical Officer of the ship will inform the Quarantine Medical Officer at the Port of the state of health of the whole party;

(b) the Tourist Agent concerned will supply the Quarantine Medical Officer with a nominal roll in duplicate of each party landing for a special itinerary;