12 4) Any alien convicted of a crime subsequent to the date on which this law takes effect if said crime was committed within the five-year period following the date on which the law enters into force and is punishable by trabajos públicos [construction, maintenance or operation of public works] or confinement; 5) Any alien who engages in prostitution, works in a house of prostitution, or is associated with the running of a house of prostitution or acts as its agent; 6) Any alien who, because of disability or indigence, becomes a burden on society within the fiveyear period following his entry and is likely to remain so; 7) Any alien who remains in the Republic in violation of any limitation or condition under which he was admitted with non-immigrant status; 8) Any bracero who entered the Republic within the 12-month period prior to the date on which this law enters into force and who was not admitted as a permanent resident; 9) Any alien who has a residence permit that predates this law’s entry into force and who, upon the expiration of that permit, does not apply to obtain a residence permit, as this law requires; 10) Any alien who entered the Republic prior to the date on which this law entered into force, who does not have a residence permit and who does not apply for a residence permit within three months of this date, as the law requires; 11) Any alien who fails to obtain renewal of his residence permit, as this law requires. b) The rules prescribed in clauses 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this article shall not be altered by the fact that the alien has a residence permit. In that case, the permit will be returned and cancelled upon the person’s deportation. c) In the cases described in clauses 9, 10 and 11 of this article, if the deportation poses anything other than the usual difficulties, the order for the alien’s deportation may be lifted and the alien will be permitted to apply for a residence permit or for renewal thereof. d) Deportation under clause 3 of this article may be ordered at any time following entry, but shall not be ordered under any other clause unless the arrest in the deportation process is made within the five years following the original grounds for deportation. e) (Amended by Law No. 1559 of October 31, 1947. Official Gazette No. 6709). No alien shall be deported without being informed of the specific charges prompting his deportation and without being given a fair chance to refute those charges in accordance with Immigration Law No. 279 of May 12, 1939, except in those cases in which deportation was ordered pursuant to Article 55, paragraph 16 of the Constitution, or in the circumstances specified in Article 10, paragraph 1 and Article 13, paragraph 3 of this law. f) (Amended by Law No. 1559 of October 31, 1947, Official Gazette No. 6706). In cases of deportation, the alien in question may be arrested for up to three months, by order of the Secretary of State for the Interior and Police or the Director General of Immigration. If the deportation cannot be effected within that time frame because a passport or travel document visa cannot be obtained, the alien may be brought before the prosecutor and correctional court with jurisdiction, who may order that the alien be imprisoned for a period of six months to two years, according to the seriousness of the case. However, if after the proceeding or judgment, the appropriate authority provides the alien with a passport or travel document visa, enabling the alien to leave the country, the prosecutor shall, at the request of the Secretary of State for the Interior and Police or the Director General of Immigration, order his release for that purpose, thereby terminating the proceeding or nullifying the court judgment. The judgments shall not be subject to appeal. 62. 17 Law No. 4658 of March 24, 1957 17 provided the following: Published in Official Gazette No. 8105. Available [in Spanish] at: http://www.acnur.org/biblioteca/pdf/0239.pdf?view=1.