1069
CHINESE EMIGRATION CONSOLIDATION. [ 1 of 1889. ]
approved by the emigration officer, have entered into a joint act
No person
as a
to
and several bond in the sum of five thousand current dollars, passage
to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the broker with.
form contained in schedule E hereto, which bond shall be out baving
renewed on each occasion of obtaining such licence as hereinafter aobtaine
bond danda
mentioned, and shall be deposited with the emigration officer; licence.
nor unless such person shall have obtained a licence to let or (Ord. 5 of
sell passages, nor unless such licence shall be then in force ; 1874 , s. 6. ]
and where different members of the same firm act as passage
brokers , each person so acting shall comply with the terms of
this section .
28. Any person wishing to obtain a licence to act as a How passage
passage broker shall make application for the same to the lic
broker's
ence may
emigration officer, and the emigration officer is hereby author- [beIbidobtained.
ized ( if he shall think fit) to grant such licence according .vid.subs.
to the form in schedule F hereto ; provided always, that no
such licence shall be granted unless such bond as in the last
preceding section mentioned shall have been first entered into :
provided also, that any Magistrate who shall adjudicate on Power to
any offence committed by such broker against this ordinance, toMagistrate
order
is hereby authorizedto order the offender's licence to be forfeited, licences to be
and the same shall thereupon be forfeited accordingly; and the forfeited .
said Magistrate making such order shall forth with cause notice
of such forfeiture, in the form in the schedule G hereto, to be
transmitted to the emigration officer, and such forfeiture shall
be exclusive and independent of any other punishment which
may be inflicted upon such offender under the provisions of this
ordinance.
29. Every person obtaining such licence as aforesaid, shall for
Feelicence.
to be paid
pay to the emigration officer a fee of two hundred current [ Ibid. subs.
dollars, which fee the emigration officer is hereby empowered 3.]
and required to demand and receive upon the issuing of any
such licence ; and the emigration officer shallpay all such fees
into the Colonial Treasury, to the use of the Crown.
30. Such licence shall continue in force until the 31st day How long
of December in theyear in which such licence shall be granted, licence is to
and for fourteen days afterwards, unless sooner forfeited as force.
hereinbefore mentioned . [Ibid. subs.
4.]
31. Every passage broker who shall or may receive money Contractfor
from any person, for or in respect of a passage in any Chinese tickets
passages
passenger ship, shall give to every such person a contract ticket, Ibid. subs.
under the hand of such passage broker, and stamped with his 5.]
seal or trade mark , -each ticket to be printed in a plain and
legible type , according to the form in the schedule H hereto ,
and to be accompanied with a translation thereof in the Chinese
language, in plain and legible characters .