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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1874.
License to
6. Every License granted under th3 Section in respect specify Time of any Chinese Passenger Ship shall specify the Period within of Departure; which such Ship shall clear out and proceed to Sea: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time to extend such Period.
Proviso for Extension thereof.
[Ibid, Sec.7.]
Power to
or other
Officer.
7. In Case it shall be shown to the Satisfaction of the Governor remove Master in Council at any Time before the Departure of a Chinese Pas- senger Ship that the Master, Mate or any other Officer of such Ship is unfit for the proper Discharge of his Duties by reason of [Ord. 4 of 1870, Sec. 8.1 Incompetency or Misconduct, or for any other sufficient Cause, it shall be lawful for the Governor by Order under his Hand to discharge and remove such Master, Mate, or other Officer from the said Ship, and thereupon the Owners or Charterers thereof, or their Agents, shall forthwith appoint a Master or Mate, or other Officer, as the Case may be, to be approved by the Emigra tion Officer in the Place of the One sa discharged, and removed as aforesaid.
Power to revoke and cancel License. [Ibid, Sec. 9.1
Breach of
8. In any of the following Cases, namely:
*
1st. If it shall appear to the Satisfaction of the Governor in Council at any Time before the Departure of a Chinese Passenger Ship that the Particulars furnished in relation thereto under Paragraph 3 are untrue, or that any Condition of the said License has been violated; 2nd. If any Chinese Passenger Ship shall fail to clear out and proceed to Sea, within the Period specified in the License granted under this Section, or within such extended Period as aforesaid;
3rd. If the Owners or Charterers of a Chinese Passenger Ship shall fail forthwith to appoint a Master, Mate or other Officer to be approved as aforesaid, in the Place of any Master, Mate or other Officer discharged under Paragraph 7;
It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to revoke the License granted under this Ordinance in respect of such Chinese Passenger Ship, and to order that the said Ship be seized and detained until her Emigration Papers (if already granted) be delivered up to be cancelled.
9. The Breach of any Condition of a License granted under Condition of this Section shall be deemed a Breach of a Regulation respecting: Chinese Passenger Ships within the Meaning of Section II of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855."
Licenso.
Application of Penalty for Breach of this
Ordinance recoverable
under "The
Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," [Ibid, Sec.10.] Regulations of
10. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, to apply the whole or any Part of the Penalty recoverable in Case of the non-Observance or non-Performance of the Regulations of this, Section under the Provisions of Section IV of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," towards the Expenses of reconveying to their Homes intending Emigrants by any Vessel in respect of which the License granted under this Section shall have been. revoked in Mannes hereinbefore provided.
11. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to affect the Schedule 4 of Regulations contained in Schedule A of "The Chinese Passengers' "Chinese Pas- Act, 1855."
sengers' Act,
1855," not to
be affected by
this Section.
No Person to
Broker without
License. [Ord. 11 of
Emigration Passage Brokers.
VI. No Person shall act as a Passenger Broker or in procuring act as a Passage Passengers for, or in the Sale or Letting of Passages in any Emi- having entered grant Ship, unless he shall, with Two sufficient Sureties to be into a Bond approved by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and obtained a and several Bond in the Sum of Five Thousand current Dollars, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the Form contained in Schedule 4 hereunto annexed, which Bond 1857, Sec. 1.1 shall be renewed on each Occasion of obtaining such License as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Emi- gration Officer; nor unless such Person shall have obtained a License to let or sell Passages, nor unless such License shall be then in Force; and where different Members of the same Firm act as Passage Brokers, each Person so acting shall comply with the Terms of this Section.
How Passage
obtained.
2. Any Person wishing to obtain a License to act as a Passage Broker's Li- Broker, shall make Application for the same to the Emigration censes may be Officer, and the Emigration Officer is hereby authorized (if he [Ibid,Sec.11.]
shall think fit) to grant such License according to the Form in Schedule B hereunto annexed: Provided always, that no such License shall be granted unless such Bond as hereinbefore men- Power to Jus- tioned shall have been first entered into: Provided also, that any tices to order Justice who shall adjudicate on any Offence against this Section, is hereby authorized to order the Offender's License to be for- feited, and the same shall thereupon be forfeited accordingly, and the said Justice making such Order shall forthwith cause notice of such Forfeiture, in the Form contained in the Schedule
Licenses to be forfeited.