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[Fourth Schedule contd.]
No. 30 of 1915.
ASIATIC EMIGRATION.
Provided that for an Emigration Officer's certificate delivered at a second port on the same voyage for a ship which has already received a certificate at the first port the fee shall be only $12.50: Provided, also, always that no fees be payable to the Emigration Officer of this Colony, but in lieu thereof the following stamp duties are hereby imposed: that is to say:—
1. upon every application for a certificate under regulation 2,
a stamp duty of.....
$1
2. upon every certificate granted under regulation 1, a stamp
duty of....... .$1
Ordinance No. 8 of 1921.
and any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to stamps shall be read as if the stamp duties hereby imposed were inserted in the Schedule thereof.
Power to detain ship for non-payment of fees, etc.
14. In case default is made by the owners or charterers of the ship in the payment of any fees, costs, or charges to which they may be liable under the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, and these regulations, the ship may be detained by the British Consul, or if in this Colony by the Governor, until such fees, costs and charges shall have been paid.
Withholding of certificate etc., in case of false particulars furnished.
15. The Emigration Officer may withhold his certificate or revoke the same at any time before the departure of the ship, if it appears to his satisfaction, that any particulars contained in the application in writing which has been made for the same, or any other particulars which may have been furnished to him by or on behalf of the owners, charterers, or master of the ship in relation thereto, are untrue, or that the requirements of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, have not been complied with; and in every such case it shall be lawful for the British Consul, or if in this Colony for the Governor, to seize and detain the ship until the certificate, if already granted, has been delivered up to be cancelled.
Treatment of emigrants at sea.
Mustering of emigrants by master.
16. The master of every emigrant ship, being a British ship and proceeding on any short voyage, shall, during the whole of the intended voyage, make issues of provisions, fuel, and water, according to the aforesaid scale, to all the emigrants except such as have supplied themselves therewith, and shall not make any alteration, except for the manifest advantage of the emigrants, in respect of the space allotted to them as aforesaid or in respect of the means of ventilation, and shall not ill-use the emigrants or require them (except in case of necessity) to help in working the ship; and shall issue medicines and medical comforts, as may be requisite; and shall call at such ports as may be mentioned in the Emigration Officer's clearing certificate for fresh water and other necessaries; and shall carry the emigrants without unnecessary delay to the destination to which they are bound.
17. Before the arrival of any such British ship at the port for which the emigrants have embarked, the master shall cause the emigrants to be mustered for the purpose of ascertaining that there are none on board who are not in possession of an emigration passage ticket and included in the Emigration Officer's certificate and detailed list of emigrants; if any such are found, it shall be the duty of the master to hand them over to the proper authority to be dealt with according to law.