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 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 11. JAN UA RY 17, 1933 . 767 under this section, existing law governing the appointment of Resi- dent Commissioners from the Philippine Islands shall continue in effect. (6) Review by the Supreme Court of the United States of cases preacourita~ s°• from the Philippine Islands shall be as now provided by law ; and Review of oase s. such review shall also extend to all cases involving the constitution of Azue, p. 762. the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands. SEc. 8. (a) Effective upon the acceptance of this Act by concurrent Imm '~uOn resolution of the Philippine Legislature or by a convention called for that purpose, as provided in section 17- (1) For the purposes of the Immigration Act of 1917, the Immigra- 43 vp1.1 39, p. 874; VoL tion Act of 1924 (except section 13 (c) ), this section, and all other laws of the United States relating to the immigration, exclusion, or expulsion of aliens, citizens of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens of the United States shall be considered as if they were aliens. For such purposes the Philippine Islands shall be considered as a separate country a nd shall have for each fisc al year a quota of fifty. This paragraph shall not apply to a person coming or seeking to come to the Territory of Hawaii who does not apply for and secure an immigration or passport visa, but such immigration shall be deter- mined by the Department of the Interior on the basis of the needs of industrie s in the Territory of Hawai i. Admittance from (2) Citizens of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens of the Rawali limited. - United States shall not be admitted to the continental United States from the Territory of Hawaii (whether entering such Territory before or after the effective dat e of this secti on) unless they belong to Nonimmigrants. a class declared to be nonimmigrants by section 3 of the Immigration Vol. 43, p .154. Act of 1924 or to a class declared to be nonquota immigrants under Slants quota Immi. the provisions of section 4 of such Act other than subdivision (c) thereof, or unless they were admitted to such Territory under an Regulations to be immigration visa. The Secretary of Labor shall by regulations provided. provide a method for such exclusion and for the admission of such excepted classes. (3) Any Foreign Service officer may be assigned to duty in the Assignment or For. Philippine Islands, under a commission as a consular officer, for such eign Service o1$cer. period as may be necessary and under suc h regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, during which assignment such officer shall be considered as stationed in a foreign country ; but his powers and duties shall be confined to the performance of such of the official acts and notarial and other services, which such officer might properly perform in respect of the administration of the immigration laws if assigned to a fo reign country as a consular offi cer, as may be a uthorized by the Secretary of State. (4) For the purposes of sections 18 and 20 of the Immigration Act Application of iel Immiw of 1917, as amended, the Philippine Islands shall be considered to be Vol. 39, pp. 887, 890. a foreign country. (b) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions sio Additional prove • of the immigration laws now in force, and shall be enforced as a part of such laws, and all the penal or other pr ovisions of such l aws, not inapplicable, shall apply to and be enforced in connection with the provisions of this section. An alien, although admissible under the provisions of this section, shall not be admitted to the United States if he is excluded by any p rovision of the i mmigratio n laws ot her than this section, and an alien, although admissible under the provisions of the immigration laws - other than this section, shall not be admitted to the United States if he i4 excluded by any provision of this section. Terms desne d. (c) Terms defined in the Immigration Act of 1924 shall, when used vol.43,p.i6& in this section, have the meaning assigned to such terms in that Act.