5. If such Police Magistrate shall be further of opinion that such vagrant is not likely to obtain employment at once, or if he has reason to believe that a déclaration of vagrancy has on any former occasion been recorded in respect of such vagrant, he shall require such vagrant to go to a Government work-house, and shall draw up an order to that effect.
6. The vagrant shall then be placed in charge of the Police for the purpose of being forwarded to the work-house, and the said order shall be a sufficient authority to the Police for retaining him in their charge while he is on his way to the work-house and to the superintendent of the work-house for receiving and detaining such vagrant.
7. Where the Police Magistrate dealing with such vagrant is of opinion that the vagrant is likely to obtain employment in the Colony, such Police Magistrate may in his discretion forward the vagrant in charge of the Police to the place where such employment is likely to be obtained and may draw up an order to that effect. Such order shall be a sufficient authority to the Police for retaining the vagrant in their charge whilst on his way to such place of employment, and afterwards, should he not succeed in obtaining such employment.
3. The Police Magistrate dealing with any vagrant shall to the best of his ability, assist him in seeking employment, and may in the meantime if he think fit keep such vagrant in charge of the Police. Should the vagrant fail to obtain suitable employment within a reasonable time not exceeding at the most seven days, such Police Magistrate shall forward him to a Government work-house as provided in Section 5.
9. Every person while in charge of the Police under this Ordinance or whilst seeking employment shall be entitled to the same maintenance and subject to the same regulations as prisoners detained on remand.
10. The Governor in Council may provide a work-house with its necessary furniture and establishment at such place as he may think proper, for the temporary reception of vagrants, or may by notification in the Gazette certify any building or part of a building to be fit for a work-house for the purposes of this Ordinance, and until any such work-house be provided the Gaol at Victoria shall and is hereby declared to be such work-house.
11. Every vagrant detained in such work-house shall be allowed the same scale of diet for his support as is allowed to adult long-sentence prisoners whose conduct is good.
12. Every work-house shall be under the immediate charge of a Superintendent who shall be appointed, and may be suspended or removed by the Governor in Council, and until any other appointment is made the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol shall be the Superintendent of the work-house in such Gaol.
13. Every Vagrant admitted to any work-house shall be subject to the same regulations as are prisoners in Gaol with respect to
(a) Search of his person, clothing, and effects.
(b) Custody of his clothing and effects.
(c) The wearing of a distinctive dress.
(d) Personal cleanliness.
(e) Hours, meals, labour (other than penal labour) and general conduct. Always provided that such regulations may be specially modified in relation to vagrants by any Code of Rules approved by the Governor in Council and that any money or effects of any vagrant may be applied towards the expense of carrying this Ordinance into execution for his benefit.
14. Any vagrant who knowingly disobeys any rule applicable to him or made under the previous section of this Ordinance shall be liable to the same punishment, and such punishment shall be awarded as if he were a misdemeanant in Gaol.
15. The Superintendent of every work-house shall forward weekly to the Harbour Master a list of such vagrants under his charge as are seamen, and shall otherwise use his best endeavours to obtain suitable employment outside the work-house for the vagrants admitted thereto.
Committal to work-house.
Tower to detain.
Magistrate may forward to place of employment.
Magistrate to assist in seeking employment.
To be treated as prisoners on remand.
Governor in Council may provide work-house; in the meantime Victoria Gaol declared as such.
Scale of diet.
Governor in Council to appoint Superintendent.
Mean-time Superintendent of Victoria Gaol to be Superintendent.
Vagrants subject to certain regulations.
Punishment for misconduct.
Superintendent to forward weekly list to Harbour Master.
16. When such employment is obtained, any vagrant refusing or neglecting to avail himself thereof shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment with hard labour for a term not exceeding one month.
17. If, after the lapse of a reasonable time no suitable employment is obtainable for any such vagrant, the Superintendent of the work-house in which he is detained may either (when such vagrant has entered into an agreement as hereinafter mentioned) cause him to be removed from the Colony, or he may cause Section 26 of this Ordinance to be read to such vagrant and may then release him.
18. The cost of the removal from the Colony of any vagrant under this Ordinance shall be defrayed by the Government subject to the provisions hereinafter contained for their refund.
19. Any vagrant or other person other than a Chinese may enter into an agreement in writing with the Superintendent of any work-house or with the Colonial Secretary, binding himself to embark on board such ship and at such time as may be named in such agreement for the purpose of being removed from Hongkong at the expense, if any, of the Government of this Colony, to remain on board such ship until she has arrived at her port of destination, and not to return to Hongkong within five years.
20. Every such agreement may be on unstamped paper and shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule to this Ordinance or as near thereto as may be.
21. Whenever any person, not a Chinese, lands in this Colony or being a non-commissioned officer or soldier in Her Majesty's Army leaves that army in this Colony under an engagement to serve any person, company, or association, or body of persons in any capacity, and whenever any sailor other than a Chinese sailor but not being a British subject is discharged from his ship in this Colony and such person, non-commissioned officer, soldier or sailor becomes chargeable to the Colony as a vagrant within one year after his arrival here or after his leaving the Army or discharge from his ship as the case may be, then the person, company, association or body to serve whom he has so landed in Hongkong, left the Army, or, in the case of a sailor, the person who was at the date of his discharge the owner or agent of the ship from which such sailor has been so discharged, shall be liable to pay to the Government the cost of his removal under this Ordinance and all other charges incurred by the Colony in consequence of his becoming a vagrant.
22. Every master of a ship landing or allowing to land in this Colony any person other than a Chinese who at the time of his landing is obviously destitute of means of subsistence or is likely speedily to become so shall be liable to repay to the Government of this Colony all costs and charges incurred by the Colony in consequence of such persons becoming a vagrant unless such Master satisfy the Court that he made due enquiry as to the person so landed or allowed to land, and that he had reason to believe such person was possessed of means of subsistence.
23. In the absence of such master of a vessel the owner, agent, or consignee of such vessel at the time the person who subsequently became a vagrant was allowed to land shall be liable to pay the said costs and charges on his behalf.
24. Such costs and charges shall be recoverable by suit as if an express agreement to repay them had been entered into with the Colonial Secretary by the person, company, association, body, owner, agent, or consignee chargeable.
25. In any proceeding under this Ordinance a certified copy of the declaration recorded under Section 4 shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein has been and that he was a vagrant at the date of such declaration.
26. Any person apparently a vagrant refusing or failing to accompany a Police Officer to or to appear before a Police Magistrate when required to do so for the purposes of this Ordinance may be arrested without warrant and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment with hard labour for a period not exceeding one month.
27. Any vagrant who escapes from the Police whilst committed to their charge under this Ordinance or who leaves a work-house without permission from the Superintendent, or who, having with such permission left a work-house, fails to return thereto at the appointed time, shall be liable to imprisonment with hard labour for a term not exceeding one month.
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5. If such Police Magistrate shall be further of opinion that such vagrant is not likely to obtain employment at once, or if he has reason to believe that a déclaration of vagrancy has on any former occasion been recorded in respect of such vagrant, he shall require such vagrant to go to a Government work-house, and shall draw up an order to that effect.
6. The vagrant shall then be placed in charge of the Police for the purpose of being forwarded to the work- house, and the said order shall be a sufficient authority to the Police for retaining him in their charge while he is on his way to the work-house and to the superintendent of the work-house for receiving and detaining such vagrant.
7. Where the Police Magistrate dealing with such vagrant is of opinion that the vagrant is likely to obtain employment in the Colony, such Police Magistrate may in bis discretion forward the vagrant in charge of the Police to the place where such employment is likely to be obtained and may draw up an order to that effect. Such order shall be a sufficient authority to the Police for retaining the vagrant in their charge whilst on his way to such place of employment, and afterwards, should he not succeed in obtaining such employment.
3. The Police Magistrate dealing with any vagrant shail to the best of his ability, assist him in seeking employment, and may in the meantime if he think fit keep such vagrant in charge of the Police. Should the vagrant fail to obtain suitable employment within a reasonable time not exceed- ing at the most seven days, such Police Magistrate shall forward him to a Government work-house as provided in Section 5.
9. Every person while in charge of the Police under this Ordinance or whilst seeking employment shall be entitled to the same maintenance and subject to the sume regulations as prisoners detained on remand.
10. The Governor in Council may provide a work-house with its necessary furniture and establishment at such place as he may think proper, for the temporary reception of vagrants, or may by notification in the Gazette certify any building or part of a building to be fit for a work-house for the purposes of this Ordinance, and until any such work- house be provided the Gaol at Victoria shall and is hereby declared to be such work-house.
11. Every vagrant detained in such work-house shail be allowed the same scale of diet for bis support as is allowed to adult long-sentence prisoners whose conduct is good.
12. Every work-house shall be under the immediate charge of a Superintendent who shall be appointed, and may be suspended or removed by the Governor in Council, and until any other appointment is made the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol shall be the Superintendent of the work. house in such Gaol.
13. Every Vagrant admitted to any work-house shall be subject to the same regulations as are prisoners in Gaol with respect to
(a.) Search of his person, clothing, and effects.
(b) Custody of his clothing and effects.
(e) The wearing of a distinctive dress.
(d) Personal cleanliness.
(e.) Hours, meals, labour (other than penal labour) and general conduct. Always provided that such regulations may be specially modified in relation to vagrants by any Code of Rules approved by the Governor in Council and that any money or effects of any vagrant may be applied towards the expense of carrying this Ordinance into exccution for his benefit.
14. Any vagrant who knowingly disobeys any rule applicable to him or made under the previous section of this Ordinance shall be liable to the same punishment, and such punishment shall be awarded as if be wore a mis- demeanant in Gaol.
15. The Superintendent of every work-house shall for- ward weekly to the Harbour Master a list of such vagrants under his charge as are seamen, and shall otherwise use his best endeavours to obtain suitable employment outside the work-house for the vagrants admitted thereto.
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16. When such employment is obtained, any vagrant refusing or neglecting to avail himself thereof shall, où con- viction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment with hard labour for a term not exceeding one month.
17. If, after the lapse of a reasonable time no suitable employment is obtainable for any such vagrant, the Super- intendent of the work-house in which he is detained may either (when snch vagrant has entered into an agreement as hereinafter mentioned) cause him to be removed from the Colony, or be muy canse Section 26 of this Ordinance to be read to such vagrant and may then release him.
18. The cost of the removal from the Colony of any vagrant under this Ordinance shall be defrayed by the Government subject to the provisions hereinafter courained for their refund.
19. Any vagrant or other person other than a Chinese may enter into an agreement in writing with the Superin- tendent of any work-house or with the Colonial Secretary, binding himself to embark on board such ship and at such time as may be named in such agreement for the purpose of being removed from Hongkong at the expense, if any, of the Government of this Colony, to remaiu on board such ship until she has arrived at her port of destination, and not to return to Hongkong within five years.
20. Every such agreement may be on uustamped paper and shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule to this Ordinance or as near thereto as inay be.
21. Whenever any person, not a Chinese, lands in this Colony or being a non-commissioned officer or soldier in Her Majesty's Army leaves that army in this Colony under an engagement to serve any person, company, or association, or body of persons in any capacity, and whenever any sailor other than a Chinese sailor but not being a British subject is discharged from his ship in this Colony and such person, non-commissioned officer, soldier or sailor becomes charge- able to the Colony as a vagrant within one year after his arrival here or after his leaving the Army or discharge from his ship as the case may be, then the person, com- pany, association or body to serve whom he has so landed in Hongkong, left the Army, or, in the case of a sailor, the person who was at the date of his discharge the owner or agent of the ship from which such sailor has been so discharged, shall be liable to pay to the Government the cost of his removal under this Ordinance and all other charges incurred by the Colony in consequence of his becoming a vagrant.
22. Every master of a ship landing or allowing to land in this Colony any person other than a Chinese who at the time of his landing is obviously destitute of means of sub- eistence or is likely speedily to become so shall be liable to repay to the Government of this Colony all costs and char- ges incurred by the Colony in consequence of such persons becoming a vagrant unless snch Master satisfy the Court that he made due enquiry as to the person so landed or allowed to land, and that he had reason to believe such person was possessed of means of subsistence.
23. In the absence of such master of a vessel the owner, agent, or consiguee of such vessel at the time the person who subsequently became a vagrant was allowed to land shall be liable to pay the said costs and charges on his behalf,
24. Such costs and charges shall be recoverable by suit as if an express agreement to repay them had been entered into with the Colonial Secretary by the person, company, association, body, owner, agent, or consignee chargeable.
25. In any proceeding under this Ordinance a certified copy of the declaration recorded under Section 4 shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein has been and that he was a vagrant at the date of such declara- tion.
20. Any person apparently a vagrant refusing or failing to accompany a Police Officer to or to appear before a Police Magistrate when required to do so for the purposes of this Ordinance may be arrested without warrant and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment with hard labour for a period not exceeding one month.
27. Any vagrant who escapes from the Police whilst committed to their charge under this Ordinance or who leaves a work-house without permission from the Superin- tendent, or who, having with such permission left a work-
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