VAGRANCY.
No. 9 of 1897.
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company, association, or body of persons, in any capacity; and
(2) whenever a non-commissioned officer or soldier in His Majesty's army leaves the army in the Colony, under such an engagement; and
(3) whenever any seaman, other than a Chinese, is discharged from his ship in the Colony, without the sanction of the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office or his deputy, and without reasonable provision having been made as to his subsistence, or, not being a deserter, is wrongfully left behind in the Colony,
and within six months from the date of such arrival, leaving the army, or discharge, such person, non-commissioned officer or soldier, or seaman respectively becomes chargeable to the Colony as a vagrant, then, in cases within sub-sections (1) and (2), the person, firm, company, association, or body of persons with whom such engagement was made, and, in cases within sub-section (3), the master of the ship from which such seaman has been so discharged or by whom he has been so left behind, shall respectively be liable to repay to the Government all costs and charges incurred on his behalf since he became a vagrant, including hospital costs and charges and the cost of his removal under this Ordinance. Such person shall be deemed to have become a vagrant at and from the date mentioned in the magistrate's declaration as that from which, in his opinion, such person has been a vagrant.
repay costs incurred by Government
in respect of vagrant:
Liability of shipmaster bringing into Colony person who becomes vagrant.
22. The master of any ship, British or foreign, which brings into the Colony any person, other than a Chinese and not having been shipwrecked, who within two months from the time of his arrival becomes chargeable to the Colony as a vagrant shall be liable to repay to the Government all costs and charges incurred on behalf of the said person, unless it be proved, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said person, at the time of his arrival, either was under an engagement as provided in section 21, or was possessed of not less than fifty dollars: Provided that where the person so brought into the Colony came as a stowaway, the master shall incur no such liability if such stowaway is promptly handed over to the police on the arrival of the ship and is duly prosecuted under any Ordinance relating [cf. No. 3 of 1924.]
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