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house for a limited time or a specified purpose, fails to return on the expiration of such time or when such purpose has been accomplished or proves to be impracticable, shall for every such offence be punishable on conviction before a Magistrate with hard labour for a period not exceeding six months.
28. Any person entering into an agreement under Section 17 of this Ordinance and wilfully violating that agreement in any respect shall for every such offence be punishable on conviction before a Magistrate with hard labour for a period not exceeding six months.
29. Any person asking for alms in a threatening or insolent manner, or continuing to ask for alms of any person after he has been required to desist shall be punishable on conviction before a Magistrate with hard labour for a period not exceeding three months.
30. The Governor in Council may from time to time make rules consistent with this Ordinance for the guidance of officers in matters connected with it. All such rules shall be published in the Government Gazette, and shall thereupon have the force of law.
SCHEDULE.
(See Section 17.)
day of
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made this between the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong of the one part and A.B. of, &c. (the vagrant) of the other part: Each of the parties hereto (so far as relates to the acts on his own part to be performed) hereby agrees with the other of them as follows:
1. The said A.B. shall embark on board such ship, and at such time as an Officer appointed in this behalf by the Government of Hongkong shall direct.
2. The said A.B. shall remain on board such ship until she shall have arrived at her port of destination.
3. The said A.B. shall not return to Hongkong until five years shall have elapsed from the date of such embarkation unless specially permitted to return by the Governor of Hongkong.
4. The said Colonial Secretary of Hongkong shall contract with the owner of the said ship or his agent for the passage of the said A.B. on board the said ship, and for his subsistence during the voyage for which he shall embark as aforesaid.
5. In witness whereof the said Colonial Secretary of Hongkong and the said A.B. have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written.
Breach of agreement.
Penalty for asking alms.
Governor in Council may make rules.
Copy
Report by the Acting Attorney General.
Copy
European
Attorney General's Office,
3 June 1886
RECA
REG 4 SEP 36,
the number.
consequence of the
of seamen and others who were
in a state.
e of destitution in
a Commission was
this Colony
appointed last year to consider the matter.
On their suggestion enquiries were addressed to the Government of India and to the British Consul at San Francisco, as to the laws in force in India and at San Francisco respecting
and the landing of destitute persons, whether in the case of a person becoming absolutely destitute shortly after his landing, any remedy or stop could be had or taken against the master or owner of the vessel from which he landed.
The Government of India replied