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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MAY,
Power to
revoke and
cancel License.
[Ibid, Sec. 9.]
Breach of
8. In any of the following Cases, namely :-
(a.) 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; (b.) 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;
(e.) 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 Section 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.”
License.
Application of Penalty for Breach of this
Ordinance
recoverable
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 under "The 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 [Ibid, See.10.] revoked in Manner hereinbefore provided.
Chinese
Passengers' Act, 1855,"
Regulations of 11. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to affect the Schedule A 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
having entered
License. [Ord. 11 of
1857, Sec. 1.1
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 Broker without Chinese Passenger Ship, unless he shall, with Two sufficient into a Bond Sureties, to be approved by the Emigration Officer, have entered and obtained a into a joint and several Bond in the Sum of Five Thousand cur- rent Dollars, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, accord- ing to the Form contained in Schedule A hereunto annexed, which Bond shall be renewed on each Occasion of obtaining such License as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Emigration 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 Broker's Li- censes may be obtained.
2. Any Person wishing to obtain a License to act as a Passage Broker, shall make Application for the same to the Emigration Officer, and the Emigration Officer is hereby authorized (if he [Ibid, Sec. 2.] 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 Ma- tioned shall have been first entered into: Provided also, that any gistrates to Magistrate who shall adjudicate on any Offence against this Sec- to be forfeited. tion, is hereby authorized to order the Offender's License to be for- feited, and the same shall thereupon be forfeited accordingly; and the said Magistrate making such Order shall forthwith cause Notice of such Forfeiture, in the Form contained in the Schedule Chereunto annexed, to be transmitted to the Emigration Officer, and such Forfeiture shall be exclusive and independent of any other Punishment which may be inflicted upon such Offender under the Provisions of this Section.
order Licenses
Fee to be paid
3. Every Person obtaining such License as aforesaid, shall pay for Licenses. to the Emigration Officer a Fee of Two hundred current Dollars, [Ibid, Sec. 3.] which Fee the Emigration Officer is hereby empowered and re- quired to demand and receive upon the Issuing of any such License; and the Emigration Officer shall pay all such Fees into the Colonial Treasury, to the Use of the Crown.
How long Li- censes are to
continue in Force.
[Ibid, Sec. 4.]
Contract Tickets for Passages. [Ibid, Sec. 5.]
4. Such License shall continue in Force until the 31st Day of December in the Year in which such License shall be granted, and for Fourteen Days afterwards, unless sooner forfeited as hereinbefore mentioned.
5. Every Passage Broker who shall or may receive Money from any Person, for or in respect of a Passage in any Chinese Passenger Ship, shall give to every such Person a Contract
1874.