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A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Law relating to "Chinese Passenger Ships" as defined by the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, and concerning Asiatic Emigrants generally.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
PART I
Preliminary Provisions.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Asiatic Emi- Short title. gration Ordinance, 1915,
2-(1.) In this Ordinance—
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Definitious and Inter- pretation
of terms.
The Act " means the Chinese Passengers Act, Act.
1855:
Assisted Emigrant" means any male emigrant Assisted
who intends to labour for hire in some place Emigrant. beyond the limits of this Colony and who has received assistance in the way of payment of passage money, subsistence or otherwise in order to enable him to carry out his intention:
Emigrant" means any person being a native of Emigrant.
Asia who, unless exempted from the provisions
of this Ordinance, is carried or is about to be carried as a passenger in any emigrant ship:
Emigrant Ship" includes every Hongkong emi- Emigrant
grant ship and every outport emigrant ship : Ship.
Emigration Officer" as regards this Colony means Emigration
the Harbour Master and includes any person Officer. duly authorised by him to perform or assist in performing his duties and as regards other places includes every person lawfully acting as Emigration Officer, Immigration Agent or Pro- tector of Emigrants and every person authoris- ed by the Governor of any British Colony to earry out the provisions of the Act:
"Free Emigrant"-means an emigrant who is not Free
under any contract of service whatever:
Emigrant.
"General Licence means a Licence granted under General
section 18 of this Ordinance :
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Licence:
Hongkong Emigrant Ship" includes every ship Hongkong
carrying from any port in the Colony of Emigrant Hongkong more than 20 passengers being Ship. natives of Asia:
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"Long voyage means any voyage, within the Long voyage.
meaning of the Act, which is declared by Pro-
clamation by the Governor to be a voyage of
more than 30 days duration :
"Master" in reference to any ship includes any Master.
person for the time being in cominant or charge of the same :
"Outport Emigrant Ship" includes every British Outport
ship carrying from any port in China or within Emigrant
Ship. 100 miles of the coast thereof, other than a port in the Colony of Hongkong, more than 20 passengers being natives of Asia :
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‘Outport Licence" means a Licence granted under Oatport
section 12 of this Ordinance :
Licence.
"Passenger" means any person who is carried or Passenger.
is about to be carried in any emigrant ship other than the master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants.