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(3) paragraph (a) of subsection (2) shall not prevent a woman being treated as a permanent resident in a Borneo State at any time when she is married to a permanent resident in the State and is ordinarily resident there with him.


 * (4) In determining for the purposes of this section whether a person is or was at any time a permanent resident in a Borneo State no account shall be taken of any period of residence in the State while he is there by virtue of section 7 or 8; but a period of residence or of permanent residence shall not for purposes of this section be treated as interrupted or terminated—


 * (a) by a period of absence from the State of less than six months; or


 * (b) by a period of absence from the State for purposes of education of such kind, in such country and for such time as may from time to time be either generally or specially approved by the State authority; or


 * (c) by a period of absence from the State on duty in the service of the Federation or of any State, where the absence is not inconsistent with the essential continuity of the residence in the State; or


 * (d) by a period of absence from the State for any other cause allowed generally or specially by the State authority.


 * (5) A person who for purposes of the Immigration Ordinance, 1959, is for the time being treated under section 10 of this Act as a citizen of the Federation in respect of his being on Malaysia Day ordinarily resident in a Borneo State shall for purposes of section 6 be treated as belonging to that State.


 * (6) Any authority empowered under the Immigration Ordinance, 1959, in its operation as a special law for a Borneo State to issue Certificates of Status showing that a person belongs to that State shall (unless the authority is an authority of the State) notify the State authority of any application for the issue of such a Certificate, and if so required by the State authority consult with that authority before issuing the Certificate.

12. In this Part of this Act " State authority " means, for any purpose relating to a Borneo State, the Chief Minister of the State or such person holding office in the State as the Chief Minister may designate for that purpose by notification in the State Gazette.

13. (1) Subject to any exemption granted under section 55 of the Immigration Ordinance, 1959, every person entering Malaya or a Borneo State from a place in the Federation outside Malaya or outside that State, as the case may be, shall produce to the immigration officer either an internal travel document issued under section 14 or the like passport, or other travel document, having the like visa (if any), as