or employment the Magistrate then commit them & the
House of
Detention (The present Vagrancy Ordinance
does not apply to Chinese
as vagrants.
very little known.) They should be
detained a
few days during which period
they should be visited by the Protector of Chinese, and if it appear to him that they have no business
stake
or
in the Colony, and no respectable relatives or friends willing to furnish security
for their
behaviour, they should be forthwith deported:
If they claim & be honest
for their
labourers temporarily out of employment enquiring should be made of
Their
their last employers as to their Character
and
the
circumstances, under which they left their employment. If the result of such Enquiring is not satisfactory or if they lie about it they should be deported. If the
result of the
enquiring is favourable & the Protector of Chinese should keep them
under
observation
to see if they
get work.
If they evidently do not want work they should be deported
If they accept work
is found for
them their subsequent Career
should be watched
& if they
leave under unsatisfactory
circumstances they should
be
liable
to
factors
which will engage
them
re-arrest +
deportation. If no employer
can be found for
them
they
might be given a small
inducement sum of Money made & leave the Colony
after
entering
a bond not to return,
with liability to instant arrest and deportation if they violate
it
B. In cases of
"suspects" are
persons seen behaving
suspiciously but not actually
justifying arrest, but are
people who have
no
ostensible employment of a nature which renders it difficult to find them when wanted (such as Hawkers & boat people for instance); I would suggest that if the
Protector of Chinese's
reports confirm those of the police detectives (
or
on the
sole representation of the Captain Superintendent in cases where the Protector General is
not available for
an independent enquiry) the
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