**CHINESE EMIGRATION.**
No. 1 of 1889.
(3) Such passengers shall, however, be reckoned in calculating the number of passengers, natives of Asia, who are carried by the said vessel.
16. In case it is shown to the satisfaction of the Governor-in-Council, at any time before the departure of a Chinese passenger ship proceeding on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, that the master or any other officer, master, mate, or other officer of such ship is unfit for the proper discharge of his duties by reason of incompetency or misconduct or for any other sufficient cause, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by order under his hand, to direct his dismissal and removal from the ship, and thereupon the owners or charterers thereof, or their agents, shall forthwith dismiss and remove such master, mate, or other officer, and appoint another in his place, to be approved by the Emigration Officer.
17. In any of the following cases, namely,-
Power to revoke and cancel licence.
(1) if it appears, to the satisfaction of the Governor or of the Emigration Officer granting the licence, at any time before the departure of a Chinese passenger ship, that the particulars furnished to him in relation thereto under section 7 or section 8 are untrue or that any condition of the said licence has been violated; or
(2) if any Chinese passenger ship fails to clear out and proceed to sea within the period specified in the licence or within such extended period as aforesaid; or
(3) if the owners or charterers of a Chinese passenger ship fail forthwith to dismiss and remove any master, mate, or other officer ordered to be dismissed and removed and to appoint another officer, approved as aforesaid,
it shall be lawful for the Governor or the Emigration Officer to revoke the licence granted by him 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) are delivered up to be cancelled.
18. The breach of any condition of a licence granted under any preceding section shall be deemed a breach of a regulation respecting Chinese passenger ships within the meaning of section 2 of the Act.
* As amended by No. 62 of 1911 and No. 63 of 1911.
As amended by No. 63 of 1911.
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