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his certificate unless ho is satisfied, that none of the omigrants or other passengers or crew appear, by reason of any bodily or mental disease, unfit to proceed or likely to endanger the health or safety of other persons about to proceed in such ship.

where and when held,

28. A medical inspection of the emigrants or passen- Medical in- gers for the purposes of giving such certificate shall take spection: place either on beard such ship, or, at the discretion of the Emigration Officer, at such time and on shore, before embarkation, as he may appoint.

27. A medical inspection of emigrants other than free Medical emigrants shall take place on shore before embarkation as inspection of well as on board the ship after embarkation and the assisted Emigration Officer shall not grant his certificate unless he emigrants. is satisfied that such double inspection has been duly made or has been dispensed with by the sanction of the Governor.

28. The medical inspection of emigrants required to be Time for made after their embarkation in any emigrant ship or medical British emigrant ship shall take placo at such time as the inspection Emigration Officer may appoint.

after em- barkation,

29. Any medical officer appointed under the provisions Fees of this section for the inspection of intending emigrants of medical and the supervision of matters and things relating to officer. the comfort and well-being of such emigrants before their departure and ou their voyage, shall be entitled to charge and the master, owner or charterer of the ship carrying or about to carry emigrants in respect of which or whom such inspection or supervision is effected shall pay to such medical officer such foes as may from time to time he prescribed by the Governor-in-Council.

30. Any Chinese medical practitioner shall be eligible, Right of with the approval of the Governor, for the office of surgeon Chinese of any ship for the purposes of the Act or of this Ordi- medical

nabee.

(b.)—Provisions relating to Passage Brokers,

practitioner to be surgeon of ship.

passage

boud and

31.-(1.) No person shall act as a passenger broker or Prohibition in procuring passengers for, or in the sale or letting of of person passages in, any emigrant ship or British emigrant ship acting as proceeding on any voyage unless he has, with 2 sufficient broker with- suretics, to be approved by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, out having entered into a joint and several bond in the sum of entered into 5,000 dollars to His Majesty, his heirs and successors, obtained according to the form in the 7th Sebodule to this Ordinance, which bond shall be renewed on each ocension 7th Schedule. of obtaining such licence as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs ; nor unless such person has obtained a licence to let or sell passages; nor unless such licence is then in force,

(2.) Where different members of the same firm net as passage brokers, each person so acting shall comply with the terms of this section.

licence.

broker's

32. Any person wishing to obtain a licence to act as Mode of a passage broker shall make application for the same to the obtaining Secretary for Chinese Affairs who is hereby authorized, if passage he thinks fit, to grant such licence, according to the form licence, and in the 8th Schedule to this Ordinance: Provided always forfeiture that no such licence shall ho granted unless such bond as is thereof.

8th Schedule. mentioned in the last preceding section has been first entered into: Provided, also, that any Magistrate who adjudicates on any

offence committed by such broker against this Ordinance is hereby authorized to order the offender's licendo to be forfeited, and the same shall thereupon be forfeited accordingly and the said Magistrate making such order shall forthwith cause notice of such forfeiture, in the form in the 9th Schedule to this. Ordinance, to be transmitted 9th Schedule. to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and such forfeiture shall be exclusive and independent of any other punishment which may be inflicted upon such offender under the provisions of this Ordinance.