1424 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1876 .
Chinese Emigration Amendment.
Time and mode 3. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship, which is not provided with a licence
of application for
licence at the covering her intended voyage, is about to proceed with free Chinese emigrants under
ports out ofthe
Colony. no contract of service whatever from any port in China, or within one hundred miles
of the coast thereof, upon a voyage of not more than thirty days' duration, the owners
or charterers of such ship, or, if absent, their respective agents, may, before such ship
is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants , and before any depôt is opened for
their reception , apply in writing to the emigration officer at such port for a licence
under his hand and seal for the conveyance of such emigrants upon the intended voyage
only, and shall furnish all particulars as to the destination of the said ship, and as to
all other matters relating to the intended voyage and emigration which may be required
of them.
Punishment for 4. All such particulars shall, if so ordered, be verified upon oath before the
furnishing
untrue
particolars. emigration officer or any Justice of the Peace, and every person who shall knowingly
[Ibid, sec. 5.]
furnish untrue particulars, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour,
for any period not exceeding six calendar months, and to a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, either in addition to or in substitution of such imprisonment.
General licences 5. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, grant to any vessel a general
to mail steamers ,
&c.
licence for any period, or for any number of voyages, or for voyages to and from any
specified port or ports, upon the condition that the vessel provided with such licence.
shall carry only free passengers under no contract of service whatever, except as
hereinafter mentioned .
Conditions of 6. The granting of any licence shall be in the discretion of the Governor in Council,
licence and
amount of fee.
[Ibid, sec. 6.] and in cases within the third paragraph of this section, shall be in the discretion of the
emigration officer, and in every case shall be subject to the payment of a fee of five
dollars, and to such conditions as may, from time to time , be prescribed under
instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the
Governor in Governor in Council may impose such conditions on the granting of any licence as he
Council may
impose shall think expedient in each particular case, provided the same shall not be contrary
conditions.
to or inconsistent with such instructions.
Licence to 7. Every licence, other than a general licence, granted under this section in respect
specify time of
departure ; of any Chinese passenger ship shall specify the period within which such ship shall
proviso for
extension
thereof. clear out and proceed to sca : Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor
[Ibid, sec. 7.]
in Council, or emigration officer who grauted the licence, from time to time, to extend
such period .
The Governor 8. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, authorise any person to engage
may authorise
labourers and
servants to be any specified number of Chinese artisans, mechanics, labourers , or servants for any
engaged for person resident in any British possession , and to make contracts in writing on behalf of
persons in
British
possessions . such resident with the persons so engaged. Every such contract shall be made in
triplicate, and one part shall be lodged in the office of the emigration officer ; and such
part shall be admissible in evidence without a stamp .
Any vessel provided with a general licence may carry any persons so engaged
without thereby affecting her licence.