THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MAY, 1874.
Definition of a Voyage within “The Chinese Passengers' Act,"
III. Any Chinese Passenger Ship clearing out or proceeding Definition of
Short Voyage. to Sea from any Port in this Colony, or in China, or within a
[Ord. 9 of Hundred Miles of the Coast thereof, on any Voyage or Voyages 1856, Sec. 3.] to any other Port or Ports for the Purpose of commencing at or from any such Port or Ports as last aforesaid a Voyage of more than Seven Days' Duration shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to Sea upon the said last mentioned Voyage from the said last mentioned Port within the Meaning of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855.”
PART I.
REGULATIONS UNDER "THE CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT." Notice of Passenger Ship being laid on the Berth.
IV. The Owners or Charterers of every Chinese Passenger Ship, Notice of Ship being laid on as or if absent from the Colony their respective Agents, shall as soon a Chinese Pas- as such Ship is laid on for the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants
senger Ship to give Notice in Writing of the Fact to the Emigration Officer be given to specifying in such Notice the Name, Destination and probable Emigration Time of Departure of such Ship, and in all Cases where such. intending Emigrants are under Contracts of Service, of the Depôt 1868, Sec. 5.] or Depôts in which such intending Emigrants are lodging or intended to be lodged before Embarkation.
Licensing of "Chinese Passenger Ships."
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to proceed to.
V. No Chinese Passenger Ship, except Ships about to proceed No Chinese on a Voyage of not more than Thirty Days' Duration within the Passenger Ship Meaning of Section VIII of this Ordinance, shall clear out or Sea without a' proceed to Sea, and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the License from Certificate prescribed by Section IV of "The Chinese Passengers' the Governor. Act, 1855," unless the Master of such Ship shall be provided [Ord. 4 of with a License under the Hand of the Governor and the Public 1870, Sec. 3.] Seal of the Colony to be obtained in Manner hereinafter men- tioned.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from Time Power to
exempt certain to Time, to exempt from the Operation of this Section, any Vessels from Mail Steamers or other Vessels which are subject to the Provisions the Operation of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," provided that the Chinese of this Section. Passengers proceeding in such Vessels be Free Emigrants and [Ibid,Sec.11.] under no Contract of Service whatever.
3. The Owners or Charterers of every such Chinese Passenger Time and Mode Ship, or if absent from the Colony their respective Agents, shall, of Application
for License. before such Ship is laid on for the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants
[Ibid, Sec. 4.] and before any Depôt is opened for their Reception, apply in Writing to the Colonial Secretary for a License under the Hand of the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony for the Con- veyance of such Emigrants and shall furnish all Particulars as to the Destination of the said Ship and as to all other Matters relating to the intended Voyage and Emigration which may be required of them, and shall also furnish the like Particulars where any Exemption is applied for under Paragraph 2 of this Section.
untrue
4. All such Particulars shall, if so ordered, be verified upon Punishment Oath before the Emigration Officer or any Justice of the Peace, for furnishing and every Person who shall knowingly furnish untrue Particulars Particulars. shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor, for [Ibid, Sec. 5.] any Period not exceeding Six Calendar Months, and to a Fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars, either in Addition to or in Substitution of such Imprisonment.
5. The Granting of every such License shall be in the Discre- Conditions of tion of the Governor in Council and shall be subject to the License and Payment of a Fee of One hundred Dollars and to such Conditions amount of Fee. [Ibid, Sec.6.] as may from Time to Time be prescribed under Instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Governor in Council may impose such Conditions on Governor in the granting of such License as he shall think expedient in each Council may
impose particular Case, provided the same shall not be contrary to or Conditions.
inconsistent with such Instructions.
6. Every License granted under this Section in respect License to of any Chinese Passenger Ship shall specify the Period within specify Time
of Departure; which such Ship shall clear out and proceed to Sea: Provided Proviso for always that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from Extension Time to Time, to extend such Period.
thereof.
remove Master
7. In Case it shall be shown to the Satisfaction of the Governor [Ibid, Sec.7.] in Council at any Time before the Departure of a Chinese Pas- Power to senger Ship that the Master, Mate, or any other Officer of such or other Ship is unfit for the proper Discharge of his Duties by reason of Officer. Incompetency or Misconduct, or for any other sufficient Cause, [Ibid, Sec. 8.] 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 so discharged and removed as aforesaid.
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