Merchant Shipping (Aliens Employment).
CHAPTER 80.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (ALIENS EMPLOYMENT).
[CAP. 80
To restrict the employment of aliens on certain British ships Originally registered in the Colony of Hong Kong.
[24th March, 1922.]
8 of 1922. Fraser
8 of 1922.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Aliens Employment) Ordinance.
of aliens in
9 & 10 Geo. 5,
British ships.
c. 92, s. 5.
2. (1) No alien shall act as master, chief officer or chief engineer of a British ship of over sixty tons net register tonnage registered in the Colony: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any person who holds a valid certificate of exemption granted by the Governor in Council and who complies with the conditions, if any, attached to such exemption, or to any alien who has acted as a master, chief officer or chief engineer of a British ship at any time during the war of 1914 to 1918 and who is certified by the Admiralty to have performed good and faithful service in that capacity.
(2) No alien shall act in any capacity on board a British ship of over sixty tons net register tonnage registered in the Colony unless he has produced to the officer before whom he is engaged satisfactory proof of his nationality.
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3. Any person who engages an alien within the Colony for employment on a British ship in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance shall also be guilty of an offence, and where the person guilty of an offence is a company, every director and officer of the company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took place without his consent or connivance.
4. Any person who is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months.
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