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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1915.
Power to detain ship for non- payment of fees, etc.
Withholding of certificate etc., in case of false par-
ticulars fur
nished,
Treatment of emigrants at sea.
Mustering of emigrants by master.
Production
of emigration papers at port of destination.
Provided that for an Emigration Officer's certificate deliver- ed at a 2nd port on the same voyage for a ship which has already received a certificate at the first port the fee shall be only $12.50: Provided, also, always that no fees shall be payable to the Emigration Officer of this Colony, but in lieu thereof the following stamp dutics are hereby imposed: that is to say :-
1. upon every application for a certificate under
Regulation 2, a stamp duty of............
2. upon every certificate granted under Regula-
tion 1, a stamp duty of.........
$1
I $
and any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to stamps shall be read as if the stamp duties hereby imposed were inserted in the schedule thereof.
14. In case default is made by the owners or charterers of the ship in the payment of any fees, costs, or charges to which they may be liable under the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, and these Regulations the ship may be detained by the British Consal, or if in this Colony by the Governor, until such fees, costs and charges shall have been paid.
15. The Emigration Officer may withhold his certificate or revoke the same at any time before the departure of the ship, if it appears, to his satisfaction, that any particulars contained in the application in writing which has been made for the same, or any other particulars which may have been furnished to him by or on behalf of the owners, charterers, or master of the ship in relation thereto, are un- true, or that the requirements of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, have not been complied with; and in every such case it shall be lawful for the British Consul, or if in this Colony for the Governor, to seize and detain the ship until the certificate, if already granted, has been delivered up to be cancelled.
16. The master of every emigrant ship, being a British ship and proceeding on any short voyage, shall, during the whole of the intended voyage, make issues of provisions, fuel, and water, according to the aforesaid scale, to all the emigrants except such as have supplied themselves therewith, and shall not make any alteration, except for the manifest advantage of the emigrants, in respect of the space allotted to them as aforesaid or in respect of the means of ventilation, and shall not ill-use the emigrants or require them (except in case of necessity) to help in working the ship; and shall issue medicines and medical comforts, as may be requisite; and shall call at such ports as may be mentioned in the Emigration Officer's clearing certificate for fresh water and other necessaries; and shall carry the emigrants without unnecessary delay to the destination to which they are bound.
17. Before the arrival of any such British ship at the port for which the emigrants have embarked, the master shall cause the emigrants to be mustered for the purpose of ascertaining that there are none on board who are not in possession of an emigration passage ticket and included in the Emigration Officer's certificate and detailed list of emigrants; if any such are found, it shall be the duty of the master to hand them over to the proper authority to be dealt with according to law.
18.-(1) The master of every such British ship shall, within 24 hours after his arrival at the port of destina- tion and at any port of call, produce his emigration papers to the British Consul, if any, at such port, or if such port is in His Majesty's dominions, then the master of such ship shall produce the said papers to any officer appointed or authorized by the local Goverument in that behalf.
(2.) It shall be lawful for such Consul or other officer to enter and inspect such ship, and in case the master obstructs or refuses to assist him in the discharge of such duty, or without reasonable cause fail, to produce his emi- gration papers as aforesaid, he shall be liable to a fine of 500 dollars, and the ship may be detained by the British Consul, or, if in His Majesty's dominions, by the local Government, until such fine has been paid and the emigration papers have been given up.