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8. It has been stated above in paragraph 3 that the Ordinance does not apply to persons of Chinese race unless they are in fact registered. The Ordinance will also not apply to public officers, His Majesty's regular Naval and Military Forces, the Volunteers, or persons employed by the Admiralty or War Department. This is provided in section 4.
9. Section 5 of the Ordinance gives the Captain Super- intendent of Police a power of exemption.
A case in which this power will probably be exercised is that of the two dock companies referred to in paragraph 1 above. Both these companies have well organized bodies of watchmen. The exemption, however, will not be an exemption from the necessity for registration, or from the power of the Captain Superintendent of Police to remove names from the register.
10. Section 6 of the Ordinance is the section which prohibits the employment of unregistered persons.
11. Section 7 of the Ordinance prohibits the employ- ment of a watchman by more than one employer. The object of this is to prevent a practice which is sometimes followed at present, by which a watchman undertakes two sets of duties, with the probable result that neither set of duties is properly carried out,
12. Section 8 of the Ordinance gives the Captain Superintendent of Police certain disciplinary powers over registered watchmen, other than ship's guards."
13. Section 9 of the Ordinance provides that a watch- man who deserts may be removed from the Register and that on such removal he shall forfeit his right to any moneys that may be standing to his credit in the hands of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
14. Section 10 of the Ordinance gives the Captain Superintendent of Police a general power to remove any person from the Register, subject to an appeal to the Governor in Council.
15. Section 11 of the Ordinance gives a right to appeal to the Governor in Council to any person whom the Captain Superintendent of Police bas refused to register.
16. Section 12 of the Ordinance gives to a registered watch man while acting in the discharge of his duties as such the same powers of arrest as a police officer.
17. Section 13 of the Ordinance provides that no watch- man is to act as a money-lender or to have any share in the business of any money-lender,
18. Section 14 of the Ordinance gives the police power to search any place or vessel where there is reason to believe that an unregistered watchman is employed.
19. Section 15 of the Ordinance provides for the method of recovery of sums payable under the Ordinance.
20. Section 16 provides that in any proceeding against any person under the Ordinance it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that such person is not of Chinese This presumption is inserted in consequence of the general exemption from the Ordinance of persons of Chinese race.
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21. Section 17 of the Ordinance is the penalty section.
22. A draft of the proposed regulations is published at the same time as this bill.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General,
23rd September, 1927.
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