ASIATIC EMIGRATION.
No. 30 of 1915.
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[s. 2 contd.]
"General licence" means a licence granted under section 13;
(g)
(h) "Hong Kong emigrant ship" includes every ship carrying from any port in the Colony of Hong Kong more than twenty passengers being natives of Asia;
(i) "Long voyage" means any voyage, within the meaning of the Act, which is declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a voyage of more than thirty days' duration;
(j)
(k) "Master" in reference to any ship includes any person for the time being in command or charge of the same;
(l) "Outport emigrant ship" includes every British ship carrying from any port in China or within one hundred miles of the coast thereof, other than a port in the Colony of Hong Kong, more than twenty passengers being natives of Asia;
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(m) "Outport licence" means a licence granted under section 12;
(n) "Passenger" means any person who is carried or is about to be carried in any emigrant ship other than the master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants;
(o) "Ship" includes all seagoing vessels;
[cf. No. 10 of 1899, s. 2 (f).]
(p) "Short voyage" means any voyage, within the meaning of the Act, of more than seven days' duration but not exceeding thirty days' duration and any other voyage which may be declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a short voyage;
(q) "Special licence" means a licence granted under section 14.
(2) Any emigrant ship clearing out or proceeding to sea on any voyage to any other port for the purpose of commencing any short or long voyage from such port shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last-mentioned voyage from the Colony or from a port in China or within one hundred miles of the coast thereof, as the case may be.
3. Save in so far as the provisions of the Act are expressly modified by the provisions of this Ordinance, nothing contained in Chinese Passengers...