ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1867.
Emigration.
No. 6 of 1867.
An Ordinance for better securing the Health of Emigrants in Chinese Passenger Ships clearing from Hongkong.
[17th June, 1867.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to make further provision for better securing the health of emigrants in Chinese passenger ships clearing from Hongkong: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:—
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the "Hongkong Emigration Ordinance 1867.”
2. In the interpretation of this Ordinance the expression "Chinese Passenger Ship" shall mean every ship carrying from any port in the Colony of Hongkong and its dependencies more than 20 passengers being natives of Asia on any voyage of more than seven days' duration within the meaning of the "Chinese Passenger Act 1855" as defined by section 3 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1856.
3. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship shall as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants provide a depôt or depôts in the city of Victoria to be approved of by the emigration officer wherein every intending emigrant by such ship may lodge as hereinafter provided, and every such depôt shall be maintained and every emigrant lodging therein shall be supported at the expense of such owners or charterers.
4. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship or if absent from the Colony their respective agents shall as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants give notice in writing of the fact to the emigration officer specifying in such notice the name, destination, and probable time of departure of such ship and the depôt or depôts in which the intending emigrants by such ship are lodging or intended to be lodged before embarkation.
5. Every intending emigrant in a Chinese passenger ship shall, unless exempted by the emigration officer, lodge at the least three clear days previously to his embarkation in the depôt provided by the owners or charterers of such ship with the approval of the emigration officer in pursuance of section 3.
6. Every such depôt as aforesaid shall be under the supervision of the emigration officer who may inspect the same at such times as he shall think fit and may from time to time, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make any regulations which shall be deemed expedient to ensure the healthiness thereof and the proper treatment and control of the emigrants lodging therein.
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
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Interpretation of terms.
Depôts to be provided for the lodgment of emigrants.
Notice of ship being laid on as a Chinese passenger ship to be given to emigration officer.
Emigrants to lodge in depot three clear days before embarkation.
Supervision of depôts and control of emigrants therein.