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the sanitary, police, and customs regulations of those ports concerning the tenancy and the

arrival and departure of travellers. Nevertheless, the passengers admitted on board those packets who do not think fit to land during the stay of the said packets in one of the said ports, shall not under any pretext be removed from on board, be liable to search, or be subjected to the formality of a visa of their passports.

sommettront aux règlements sanitaires, de police, et de douane des ports,

concernant l'entrée et la

sortie des voyageurs. Néanmoins, les passagers

admis sur ces paquebots

qui ne jugeraient pas à

propos de descendre à terre

pendant la relâche dans

l'une des susdites ports,

ne pourront, sous

aucun prétexte, être enlevés du

bord, être soumis à

aucune perquisition ni

soumis à la formalité

du visa de leurs passeports.

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110

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576

Opinion of the Acting Attorney General

I have already expressed my opinion that the postal convention contains nothing entitling the vessels of the Messageries Maritimes to exemption from the operation of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855, and a further consideration of Article VI has in no way altered my judgment. Admitting, what I am not at all prepared to admit, that the effect of an Imperial statute could be altered by a convention of this nature in such a particular, very plain words would be used, to express the intention, so far...

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the sanitary, police, and customs regulations of those ports concerning the tenancy and the arrival and departure of travellers. Nevertheless, the passengers admitted on board those packets who do not think fit to land during the stay of the said packets in one of the said ports, shall not under any pretext be removed from on board, be liable to search, or be subjected to the formality of a visa of their passports. sommettront aux règlements sanitaires, de police, et de douane des ports, concernant l'entrée et la sortie des voyageurs. Néanmoins, les passagers admis sur ces paquebots qui ne jugeraient pas à propos de descendre à terre pendant la relâche dans l'une des susdites ports, ne pourront, sous aucun prétexte, être enlevés du bord, être soumis à aucune perquisition ni soumis à la formalité du visa de leurs passeports. Deus aAAPAAVO 110 Copy) 576 Opinion of the Acting Attorney General I have already expressed my opinion that the postal convention contains nothing entitling the vessels of the Messageries Maritimes to exemption from the operation of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855, and a further consideration of Article VI has in no way altered my judgment. Admitting, what I am not at all prepared to admit, that the effect of an Imperial statute could be altered by a convention of this nature in such a particular, very plain words would be used, to express the intention, so far...
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the sanitary, police, and so sommettront aux règlemen customs regulations of sanitaires, de police, et de those perts concerning the tenane de cré ports, concernant loutée et la sortie des voyageurs. arrival and departure of travellers. Nevertheles, the pasangers Pantefois, le pasagers admitted on board those admis sur ces 1 paquebots packets who do not think qui ne jugeraient pas à fit to land during the propos de descendre à terre of the said pondant la relache dans ports, shall not mider l'une des sucits parts, stay at one Deus aAAPAAVO 110 any pretext be removed pourent, from on board, be liable proteste, être enleves du to search, or be bord, in apujettes à any subjected to the formality aucune perquisition ni of a visa of their sommis à la formalite passports. du visa de leus passepori. Copy) 576 Opinion of the Acting Alterncy Coveral I have already expressed my opinion that the postal convention contains nothing entitling the repels of the Messageries Maritimes to exemption from the operation of the Chinese Da pongers Act 1855, and a further consideration of Article VI has in no way altered my judgment. Apruning, what I am not at all prepared lo admit, that the effect of an Imperial statute "could be actered by a convention of this nature in such a particular, very plain words would be used, to express the intention, so for
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the sanitary, police, and so sommettront aux règlemen customs regulations of sanitaires, de police, et de those perts concerning the tenane de cré ports,

concernant loutée et la

sortie des voyageurs.

arrival and departure of travellers. Nevertheles, the pasangers Pantefois, le pasagers admitted on board those admis sur ces 1 paquebots packets who do not think qui ne jugeraient pas à

fit to land during the propos de descendre à terre of the said pondant la relache dans ports, shall not mider l'une des sucits parts,

stay

at

one

Deus aAAPAAVO

110

any pretext be removed pourent, from on board, be liable proteste, être enleves du to

search, or be bord, in apujettes à any subjected to the formality aucune perquisition ni of a visa of their

sommis à la formalite passports.

du visa de leus passepori.

Copy)

576

Opinion of the Acting Alterncy Coveral

I have already expressed my opinion that the postal convention contains nothing entitling the repels of the Messageries Maritimes to exemption from the operation of the Chinese Da pongers Act 1855, and a

further

consideration of Article VI has in

no

way

altered

my judgment. Apruning, what I am not at all prepared lo admit, that the effect of an Imperial statute "could be actered by a convention of this nature in such a particular, very plain words would be used, to express the intention, so for

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