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15. The grant of a general or special licence shall be in the absolute discretion of the Governor, and the grant of an outport licence shall be in the absolute discretion of the Emigration Officer.
16. No licence shall be issued until:-
(a) the master of the ship in respect of which application is made for a licence shall have entered into a joint and several bond with two sufficient sureties approved by an Emigration Officer in the sum of one thousand pounds. in the form contained in the Second Schedule:
(b) the owners or charterers, or, if they are absent, from the Colony, their respective agents, shall have furnished, on oath if required, all the particulars specified in the Third Schedule as necessary on application for the form of licence applied for, and all other particulars relating to the intended emigration that may be required by an Emigration Officer:
(c) the owners or charterers, or their respective agents, or the master of the ship, shall have paid to the Émigration Officer the fee for the licence applied for, which shall be fifteen dollars in the case of a general licence or a special licence, and five dollars in the case of an outport licence:
(d) such other conditions shall have been compiled with as may have been prescribed by the Governor or the Emigration Officer as the case may be.
17. No emigrant ship shall carry any emigrants except free emigrants. 18. The number of passengers which may be carried on any ship which has a special licence shall not exceed one passenger for every ten tons of the registered tonnage of the ship.
19. Every outport licence shall specify the period within which the ship shall clear out and proceed to sea, and the ship shall clear out and proceed. to sea within the period specified: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Emigration Officer to extend such period in the case of any outport licence granted by him.
20. (1) Any general licence may be revoked by the Governor if it appears to his satisfaction at any time that any of the particulars furnished in respect of the said licence were untrue, or that there has been any breach of any condition of the said license, or that there has been any other con- travention of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Any special licence may be revoked at any time by the Governor in his absolute discretion.
(3) Any outport licence may be revoked by an Emigration Officer at the port where such outport licence was issued if it appears to the satis- faction of such Emigration Officer that any of the particulars furnished in respect of the said licence were untrue, or that there has been any breach of any condition of the said licence, or that there has been any other con- travention of the provisions of this Órdinance.
(4) In every case in which a licence is revoked by the Governor or by an Emigration Officer, it shall be lawful for the Governor or the Emi- gration Officer, as the case may be, to order that the ship be seized and detained until the emigration papers of the said ship, if already granted, are delivered up to be cancelled.
21. In case it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council, at any time before the departure of any emigrant ship proceeding on any voyage, that the master, mate, or any other officer, of such ship is unfit for the proper discharge of his duties by reason of incompetency or misconduct or for any other sufficient cause, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by order under his hand, to direct dismissal or removal of such master, mate, or other officer from the said ship, and thereupon the owners or charterers thereof, or their agents, shall forthwith dismiss or remove such master, mate, or other officer, as the case may be, and appoint another in his place, to be approved by an Emigration Officer, in the place of the one so dismissed or removed as aforesaid.