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(b.) forges, counterfeits, alters, or erases the whole counterfei-
or any part thereof; or
ting
certificate;
(c.) uses or attempts to use any spurious or fraudu- use of
lent certificate, and every person aiding and spurious abetting in such offence; or
certificate;
(d.) by any fraud or false representation as to the fraudulent
size of a ship or otherwise or by any false inducement pretence whatsoever induces any person to emigrate; engage a passage in any emigrant ship; or
to
(e.) falsely represents any assisted emigraut to be false repre-
a non-assisted emigrant ;
shall be liable on indictment or on summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars.
53. Every person who--
sentation as to emigrant.
Punishment for impro-
(a.) unlawfully, either by force or fraud, takes perly obtain- away or detains against his will any person ing emigrant. with intent to put him on board any emigrant ship; or,
(b.) with any such intent, receives, or harbours, or enters into any contract for foreign service with any person so taken away or detained,
shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
54. Every person who falsely and deceitfully personates, Punishment or aids and abets in falsely and deceitfully persouating, an for person- emigrant or intending emigrant at any attendance before ation of or examination by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or emigrant. any officer appointed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or an Emigration Officer, required by this or any other enactment for the time being in force relating to Asiatic emigration, shall be guilty of # misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.
55.-(1) Every person who commits any contravention Penalty for of any rule made under the provisions of section 44 of furnishing this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be false return, liable upon summary conviction to a fiue not exceeding 100 dollars in respect of such contravention.
(2.) The keeper of any hotel or boarding-house who knowingly furnishes any false or incorrect return or other particulars required of him, or who obtains or attempts to obtain by fraud, intimidation, or force, the shipment of any emigrant or intending emigrant, and every person who aids or abets such keeper in so doing, shall, ou summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
(3.) Any such keeper and his sureties shall also be liable to the enforcement of his and their bond, and the licence of such keeper may be suspended or caucelled by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
fraudulent
shipment,
etc.
56. The owners or charterers of any emigrant ship and Generai any emigration passage broker, and any intending emigrant penalty. by any such ship, and any master or other person in charge of any such ship who fails to comply with or commits any breach of the provisions of this Ordinance so far as they may respectively be bound thereby, and any person grant- ing or knowingly uttering any forged certificate, permit, notice, or other document under this Ordinance shall, without prejudice to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars or imprisonment for auy term not exceeding 6 months.