ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1874.
Chinese Emigration.
Prosecution to 25. No proceedings, other than the issue of a warrant for the seizure of a ship, or for the apprehension of an offender, shall be instituted for any offence against the provisions of this section, except at the suit or prosecution of, or with the consent of the Attorney General.
Repealing clause.
PART III.
MISCELLANEOUS.
XVI. The following Ordinances and sections of Ordinances are hereby repealed:
Ordinance 9 of 1856, Section III. The whole.
11 of 1867. The whole.
6 of 1859. The whole.
1 of 1862, Section XXVII.
12 of 1868. The whole.
4 of 1870. The whole.
8 of 1871. The whole.
13 of 1873. The whole.
3 of 1873. The whole.
5 of 1873. The whole.
10 of 1873. The whole.
3 of 1874. The whole.
But this repeal shall not revive any enactment repealed by any of the said Ordinances or sections, and shall not affect:
(a) Anything duly done before this Ordinance comes into operation;
(b) Any right acquired or liability accrued before this Ordinance comes into operation;
(c) Any penalty, forfeiture, or other punishment incurred or to be incurred in respect of any offence committed before this Ordinance comes into operation;
(d) The institution of any legal proceeding, or any other remedy for ascertaining, enforcing or recovering any such liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid.
XVII. The forms given in the schedules hereto, or forms to the like effect with such variations and additions as circumstances require, may be used for the purposes therein indicated and according to the directions therein contained, and instruments in those forms, shall (as regards the form thereof) be valid and sufficient.
SCHEDULES. (A.)
Form of Emigration Passage Broker's Annual Bond, with two Sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer, under section VI, paragraph 1.
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we A.B. of, &c., C.D. of, &c., and E.F. of, &c., are held and firmly bound unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in the sum of five thousand current dollars, to be paid to her said Majesty, her heirs and successors; to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, and every of us jointly and severally, our heirs, executors, and administrators, and the heirs, executors, and administrators of each of us, and each and every of them, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals.
Dated this day of in the year one thousand eight hundred and
WHEREAS by the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874, it is amongst other things enacted; that no person whatever shall carry on the business of a passage broker in Hongkong, in respect of any emigrant ship, or shall be in anywise concerned in the sale or letting of passages in any such ship, unless such person, with two good and sufficient sureties to be approved of by the Emigration Officer, shall have previously entered into a joint and several bond to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, in the sum of five thousand current dollars: And whereas the said C.D. and E.F. have been approved of by the Emigration Officer as sureties for the said A.B.
Now the condition of this obligation is, that if the above-bounden A.B. shall well and truly observe and comply with all the requirements of the said recited Ordinance, so far as the same relate to passage brokers; and further, shall well and truly pay all fines, forfeitures, and penalties,--and also all sums of money, by way of subsistence money, or of return passage money, and compensation to any passenger, or on his account, and also all costs which the above-bounden A.B. may at any time be adjudged to pay, under or by virtue of any of the provisions of the above recited Ordinance, or of the Act of the Imperial Parliament 18th and 19th Victoria, cap. 104, intituled “An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships;" then, and in such case, this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the above-bounden A.B., C.D., and E.F., in the presence of.
Insert personal and family names in full, with the occupation and address of each of the parties.
Insert the names and addresses in full of the witnesses.
(B.)
Form of Emigration Passage Broker's Licence, under section VI, paragraph 2.
A.B. of having shown to the satisfaction of me, the undersigned, that he hath given bond to Her Majesty, as by the "Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," required: I, the undersigned, do hereby license and authorize the said A.B. to carry on the business of a Passage Broker in Hongkong, in respect of passengers on board emigrant ships proceeding from Hongkong, until the end of the present year, and fourteen days afterwards, unless this licence shall be sooner determined by forfeiture for misconduct on the part of the said A.B. as in the aforesaid Ordinance is provided,
Given under my hand and seal this day of thousand eight hundred and
Signature,
Emigration Officer.
The personal and family names in full of the person applying for the licence, with his address and trade or occupation, must be correctly inserted.
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