THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1888.
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ticket, under the hand of such passage broker, and stamped with his seal or trade mark,-each ticket to be printed in a ̧ plain and legible type, according to the form in the schedule [H]hereto, and to be accompanied with a translation thereof in the Chinese language, in plain and legible characters.
[32] Every such passage broker before he shall receive or take any money on account of any such passage, or for the sale or letting of the whole or any part of the accommodation of or in any Chinese passenger ship proceeding from Hong- kong, shall produce to the Emigration Officer the certificate of the master or owner of the ship, in respect of which such passage shall or may have been taken, or the accommodation in which shall have been so sold or let, to the effect that such ship has been chartered for the purpose of earrying emigrants, and that he, such passage broker, is authorized to receive payment for such passage, or for the sale or letting of the accommodation in such ship; and such certificate shall be filed in the office of the Emigration Officer.
[33.] On every occasion of the delivery to any passenger of such contract ticket as aforesaid, the passage broker who shall have engaged to provide such passenger with a passage shall attend with him at the office of the Emigration Officer, in whose presence the contract ticket shall be delivered to such passenger, and who shall explain to him the true intent and meaning of such contract.
[34.] No person shall fraudulently alter or cause to be altered, after it is once issued, or shall induce any person to part with or render useless or destroy any such contract ticket, during the continuance of the contract which it is intended to evidence.
[35.] No licensed passage broker shall, as agent for any person, whether a licensed broker or not, receive money for or on account of the passage of any passenger on board a Chinese passenger ship, without having a written authority to act as such agent, or on the demand of the Emigration Officer, refuse or fail to exhibit his licence and such written authority.
[36.] No person shall, by any fraud, or by false represen- tation as to the size of the ship or otherwise, or by any false pretence whatsoever, induce any person to engage any passage as aforesaid.
[37.] Every emigration passage broker who shall contract. with any intending emigrant for a passage in any ship shall forthwith give notice in writing to the Emigration Officer of every such contract, specifying the name, age and sex of such emigrant and the name of such ship.
[38.] All violations or disobediences of, or defaults in compliance with, the provisions of sections [27, 31, 32, 33 and 34] shall be heard and determined in a summary way; and on conviction of such offences, the respective offenders shall be sentenced to pay the several penalties, or in default of the payment thereof, to suffer the several terms of impri- soument respectively hereinafter specified:—
(a.) For overy offence against section [27], a fine not exceeding four hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(b.) For every offence against section [31], a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six weeks.
(c) For every offence against section [32], a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment. for a term not exceeding three mouths. (d.) For every offence committed by a passage broker against see. [33], a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
(e.) For every offence against section [34], a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months.
Hospital and Medical Inspection. [39]. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, at a salary not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum, a medical officer whose duty it shall be to inspect intending emigrants and to supervise all matters and things in any way relating to the comfort and well-being of such emigrants before their departure and on their voyage, and such salary shall be in lieu of all fees.
[40.] (1.) In every Chinesepassenger ship, except ships about to proceed on a voyage of not more than thirty days' duration within the meaning of section [46] of this Ordinance, there shall be a sufficient space properly divided off to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, to be used exclusively as a hospital or sick bay for the
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Passage broker to produce to Emigration Officer certificate that be has chartered the ship for carrying emigrants. [Ibid. subs. 6.]
Passage broker to
attend before Emigration Officer for the purpose of delivering the contract tickets to passengers. [Ibid. subs. 7.3
Contract. ticket not to be altered. [Ibid, subs, S.]
Avent not to act without written authority, and to produce his autho- rity on demand. [Ibid. subs. 9,1
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Misrepresen- tation as to size of slip. [Ibid.]
Notice of
every contract with emigrants to he given to Emigration Officer. [bid. subs. 10.
Penalties for offences,
[hid. subs. 11.]
Governer
authorized to appoint a medical
officer.
Urd. 5 of 1874 5.7 gube. 3.]
Hospital ac- commodation to be provided, Ibit. subs. 1.j
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