ASIATIC EMIGRATION.
No. 30 of 1915.
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mode of application for.
11. Whenever any emigrant ship is about to proceed to General or special sea from the Colony on any long or short voyage, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if they are absent from the Colony, their respective agents, shall, before such ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, apply in writing to the Colonial Secretary for a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony for the conveyance of such emigrants.
time and
12. Whenever any outport emigrant ship, which is not provided with a licence covering her intended voyage, is about to proceed with emigrants from any port in China, or within one hundred miles of the coast thereof, other than a port in the Colony of Hongkong, on any short voyage, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if they are absent, their respective agents, shall, before such ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, apply in writing to the Emigration Officer at such port for a licence under his hand and seal for the conveyance of such emigrants on the intended voyage only.
13. The Governor may grant to any vessel a general licence for any period, or for any number of voyages or for voyages between any specified ports.
General licence: power of Governor to grant.
14. The Governor may grant a special licence for any period not exceeding twelve months, or for any number of voyages to be performed within twelve months, between any specified ports, to any ship which is being regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under contract with the government of the state or colony for which such mails are carried, or to any other ship which is approved by the Governor as a 1st class ship.
Special licence: power of Governor to grant.
15. The grant of a general or special licence shall be in the absolute discretion of the Governor, and the grant of an outport licence shall be in the absolute discretion of the Emigration Officer.
licence discretionary.
16. No licence shall be issued until—
Conditions precedent to issue of licence.
(a) the master of the ship in respect of which application is made for a licence shall have entered into a joint and several bond with two sufficient sureties approved by an Emigration Officer in the sum of one thousand pounds in the form contained in the Second Schedule:
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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