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CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
No. 3 of 1895.
703
To restrict the Immigration of Chinese into the Colony.
[9th April, 1895.]
WHEREAS the immigration of Chinese into the Colony may at any moment become a source of imminent danger to the health of the residents and others in the Colony, and it is expedient to make provision in respect thereof :-
1. The Chinese Immigration Ordinance, 1895.
Short title.
2. Whenever the Governor-in-Council is satisfied that the Power by bubonic-plague, cholera, small-pox, or such other disease as may be notified in the Gazette is prevalent or exists in any other port or place, and that there is danger of the introduction of the same into the Colony unless measures are taken to prevent the influx of Chinese, the Governor-in-Council may by proclamation prohibit or regulate the immigration or importation into the Colony of Chinese from such port or place for such time as he may think fit.
3. Whilst such proclamation remains in force,-
(1) no steamer, steam-launch, motor boat, ship, or vessel, and no junk or other Chinese-built vessel or boat, shall bring into the waters of the Colony any passenger of Chinese nationality or origin, or any passenger appearing to be of such nationality or origin, from any port or place mentioned in such proclamation; and
(2) no person of Chinese nationality or origin shall come into the Colony by land or sea from any such port or place.
4. Whilst such proclamation remains in force, all steamers, steam-launches, motor boats, ships, or vessels, and all junks and other Chinese-built vessels and boats, shall, on arriving within the waters of the Colony from any port or place mentioned in such proclamation, anchor at the quarantine anchorage prescribed by the quarantine regulations, and shall not leave such anchorage until allowed to do so by the order of the Health Officer as defined by the said regulations or until the expiration of such time as may be fixed by any proclamation under section 2.
5.-(1) Any breach of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punishable on summary conviction as follows:-
*As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.