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No. 30 of 1915.
ASIATIC EMIGRATION.
[Originally No. 30 of 1915.
Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]
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18 & 19 Vict. c. 104.
No. 30 of 1915.
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to Chinese passenger ships as defined by the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, and concerning Asiatic emigrants generally.
[31st March, 1916.]
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
Short title.
Interpretation.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.
2.-(1) In this Ordinance,
(a) “The Act" means the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855;
(b) "Assisted emigrant" means any male emigrant who intends to labour for hire in some place beyond the limits of this Colony and who has received assistance in the way of payment of passage money, subsistence or otherwise in order to enable him to carry out his intention;
(c) "Emigrant" means any person being a native of Asia who, unless exempted from the provisions of this Ordinance, is carried or is about to be carried as a passenger in any emigrant ship;
(d) "Emigrant ship" includes every Hong Kong emigrant ship and every outport emigrant ship;
(e) "Emigration Officer" as regards this Colony means the Harbour Master and includes any person duly authorized by him to perform or assist in performing his duties and as regards other places includes every person lawfully acting as Emigration Officer, Immigration Agent or Protector of Emigrants and every person authorized by the Governor of any British colony to carry out the provisions of the Act;
(f) "Free emigrant" means an emigrant who is not under any contract of service whatever;
* The operation of this Ordinance is not limited by the Boarding-house Ordinance, 1917: see No. 23 of 1917, s. 8; see also No. 12 of 1923 (Vaccination), s. 8.
+ See Proclamation No. 10 of 1916.