CHINESE EMIGRATION.
No. 1 of 1889.
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52. Every such depôt as aforesaid shall be under the supervision
of depôts. of the Emigration Officer, who may inspect the same at such times as he may think fit, and there shall be at all times free ingress and egress allowed to all persons to and from such depôt from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
53. All orders of His Majesty in Council relating to the quantity
of water to be carried. of water to be carried by passenger ships having a certain description of condensing apparatus shall apply to Chinese passenger ships.
54. No Chinese passenger ship, except a vessel propelled by
Clearance steam, bound to any port westward of the Cape of Good Hope or to any port in Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, or Tasmania
for certain places in certain shall clear from any port in the Colony from April to September inclusive.
months.
55. (1) It shall be lawful for the Emigration Officer, at any
Emigrant time when he is satisfied that any emigrant who is unwilling to
unwilling to leave the port has been obtained by any fraud, violence, or other
leave port and who has improper means to land such emigrant and procure him a passage
been procur- back to his native place or that from which he was taken, and to
ed by fraud, be landed. also to defray the cost of his maintenance whilst awaiting a return passage.
(2) All such expenses, with all legal costs incurred, shall be recoverable by the Emigration Officer before any Magistrate from the emigration passage broker of the vessel in which such emigrant was shipped or intended to be shipped.
56. Every person who--
Improperly obtaining
(1) unlawfully, either by force or fraud, takes away or detains
emigrant. against his will any man or boy with intent to put him on board a Chinese passenger ship; or,
(2) with any such intent, receives, harbours, or enters into any contract for foreign service with any such man or boy, knowing the same to have been by force or fraud taken and obtained as hereinbefore mentioned,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
* As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
As amended by No. 63 of 1911. As amended by No. 30 of 1911.