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ENCLOSURE 2

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SEG 1200 38

A BILL

entitled

Short title

Amendment of

Sect.21 of Ord.

25 of 1897.

Substituted

Amendment of Sect.22 of Ord.

25 of 1897.

An Ordinance to amend the Vagrancy Ordinance 1897.

Be it enacted &C.,

&C.

80.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Vagrancy (Amend-

ment) Ordinance 1898.

2. Clause (c) of Section 21 of Ordinance No.25 of 1897

is, hereby, repealed and, in lieu thereof, the clause

following shall be substituted and form part of such

section, namely:-

(c) "Whenever any seaman, other than a Chinese, is

discharged from his ship in this Colony, without

the sanction of the Superintendent of the Mer-

cantile Marine Officer or his Deputy, and with-

out reasonable provision having been made as

to his subsistence,or,not being a deserter, is

wrongfully left behind in this Colony."

3. Section 22 of Ordinance No.25 of 1897 is hereby

amended by striking out the words "or becomes so

within