1166
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH DECEMBER, 1886.
£10 to be paid for
ing by vessel.
4. BEFORE any Chinese arriving from beyond this Colony shall be permitted to each Chinese arriv land from any vessel, and before making any entry at the Customs, the master of the vessel shall pay to such Collector or other Principal Officer the sum of Ten pounds for every such Chinese, to be applied in manner hereinafter provided; and no entry shall be deemed to have been legally made or to have any legal effect until such payment
Peunity.
Like sum for Chinese arriving otherwise.
shall have been made.
And if any master shall neglect to pay any such sum, or shall land, or permit land, or suffer to land or to escape from such vessel at any port or place in the Colony any Chinese, before such sum shall have been paid by such master or his agent, or before such list shall have been delivered, such master shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds for each Chinese so landed, or permitted or suffered to land or to escape, and in addition to such penalty shall also pay the sum hereby required to be paid for cach such Chinese.
And in every such case, in addition to any such penalty, the vessel shall be forfeited and may be seized, condemned, and disposed of in like manner as ships forfeited for a breach of any law relating to the Customs.
5. EVERY Chinese arriving in this Colony after the passing of this Act, other. wise than by any vessel, shall pay, or there shall be paid for him to some officer whom, and at such places as the Governor in Council may appoint at or near the borders of the Colony or otherwise conveniently situated for that purpose, the sum of Ten pounds.
6. THE Collector or other Officer receiving such sum from or for paid to be given and without demand, forthwith give a certificate in writing under his hand of the payment Chinese shall, of such sum, and such certificate whensoever and wheresoever produced by such Chinese shall be conclusive evidence on behalf of such Chinese, and of any other person who may have paid such sum for him, that such sum has been duly paid.
Certificate of aun
to be evidence.
Application of moneyz.
Penalty on non- payment of fee for entrance to the Colony,
Evidence of person being a Chinese.
Certificate of exemp- tion in certain cases.
British subjccla szempted.
Exemption of certain officials, &c.
Act not to apply to
crew,
any
7. ALL sums paid by or on behalf of any Chinese, and all penalties under this Act, and all moneys being the proceeds of any sale made under the authority of this Act, shall, unless herein otherwise provided, be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer for the public use of the Colony.
8. IF any Chinese shall enter or attempt to enter this Colony without paying or having paid for him the sum of Ten pounds aforesaid, he shall, besides such sum, be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds, and on default of payment either of such penalty or sum shall, on summary conviction before two or more Justices of the Peace, be liable to imprisonment for twelve months, unless such penalty and sum be sooner paid, and may be apprehended and taken before any Justice of the Peace, to be dealt with in due course of law.
9. FOR the purposes of all proceedings under this Act the Justices may decide, upon their own view and judgment, whether any person charged or produced before them is a Chinese within the meaning of this Act.
10. IT shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer or any person authorised by him, upon the application of any Chinese, and upon being satisfied that such Chinese was at the time of the passing of this Act a bona fide resident of this Colony, and that he desires to be absent therefrom for a temporary purpose only, to grant to such Chinese a certificate that he is exempt from the provisions of this Act for a time to be specified in such certificate. And during the time so specified, the holder of such certificate shall be exempt from all payments under this Act.
11. NOTWITHSTANDING anything in this Act contained, any Chinese arriving in Western Australia who produces evidence to the satisfaction of the Collector or other Principal Officer of Customs or other duly authorised officer that he is a British subject shall be wholly exempt from the operation of this Act, and a certificate of the Governor of any British Colony, or of a British Consul, shall, on being verified to the satisfaction of such Collector or other officer, be sufficient evidence of the claim of such Chinese to exemption under this section.
12. THE provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to any Chinese duly accre dited to this Colony by the Government of China, or by or under the authority of the Imperial Government, on any special mission, nor to any "laborer" within the meaning of The Imported Labor Registry Act, 1884," brought into the Colony under the pro-
visions of that Act.
13. THE penalties and restrictions imposed by this Act shall not nor shall any of them be held to be applicable in respect of any Chinese being one of the crew of any vessel arriving in any port in Western Australia, and who shall not be discharged therefrom or land except in the performance of his duties in connection with such vessel.