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(7) Any alien who remains in the Philippines in violation of any limitation or
condition under which he was admitted as a non-immigrant;
x x x x x x x x x."
One such condition for the admission of aliens is found in Section 10 of the same law,
which requires them to "present for admission into the Philippines unexpired passports
or official documents in the nature of passports issued by the governments of the
countries to which they owe allegiance or other travel documents showing their origins
and identity as prescribed by regulations, x x x."
Herein petitioner was properly charged before the Bureau of Immigration for illegally
entering the Philippines with the use of a passport issued to another person and
cancelled by the Taiwanese government in 1995. The Charge Sheet reads as follows:
"CHARGE SHEET
The undersigned Special Prosecutor charges for deportation CHEN KUANYUAN @ TUNG, CHIN-HUI @ DONG TUNG, Taiwanese national for violation
of Section 37 (a) (7) of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, as amended,
committed as follows:
`that on November 21, 1998, respondent was turned over by the
Western Police District to immigration authorities and upon
investigation, it was found out that respondent [was] an
undocumented alien it appearing that respondent [was] in
possession of a tampered Taiwanese passport which was
cancelled by the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 19,
1995, in violation of Sec. 37 (a) (7) of the Philippine Immigration
Act of 1940, as amended.'"
Subsequently, on November 25, 1998, the BID Board of Commissioners issued the
Summary Deportation Order, which is reproduced in full as follows:
"SUMMARY DEPORTATION ORDER
Records show that on November 21, 1998, respondent was turned over by
the WESTERN POLICE DISTRICT to immigration authorities and upon
investigation, it was found out that respondent [was] an undocumented
alien, it appearing that he [was] in possession of a tampered Taiwanese
Passport which was cancelled by the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on
July 10, 1995.
Accordingly, on November 25, 1998, deportation charges were filed against
respondent with the Board of Commissioners for violation of Sec. 37 (a) (7)
of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, as amended.
After a careful examination of the records, we determine that respondent
has violated the above-cited provision.
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