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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1915.
Punishment for impro- perly obtain- ing emigrant.
Punishment
for person. ation of emigrant.
Penalty for furnishing false return,
fraudulent shipment,
etc.
General penalty.
Application
of penalty
53. Every person who--
(a.) unlawfully, either by force or fraud, takes away or detains against his will any person with intent to put him on board any emigrant ship; or,
(b.) with any such intent, receives, or harbours, or enters into any contract for foreign service with any person so taken away or detained,
shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
54. Every person who falsely and deceitfully personates, or aids and abets in falsely and deceitfully' personating, an emigrant or intending emigrant at any attendance before or examination by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or any officer appointed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or an Emigration Officer, required by this or any other enactinent for the time being in force relating to Asiatic emigration, shall be guilty of # misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 mouths.
of
55.—(1.) Every person who commits any contravention any rule made under the provisions of section 44 of this Ördinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars in respect of such contravention.
(2.) The keeper of any hotel or boarling-house who knowingly furnishes any false or incorrect return or other particulars required of him, or who obtains or attempts to obtain by fraud. intimidation, or force, the shipment of any emigrant or intending emigrant, and every person who aids or abets such keeper in so doing, shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
(3.) Any such keeper and his sureties shall also he liable to the enforcement of his and their bond, and the licence of such keeper may be suspended or cancelled by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
56. The owners or charterers of any emigrant ship and any emigration passage broker, and any intending emigrant by any such ship, and any master or other person in charge of any such ship who fails to comply with or commits any breach of the provisions of this Ordiuauce so far as they may respectively be bound thereby, and any person grant- ing or knowingly uttering any forged certificate, përmit, notice, or other document under this Ordinance shall, without prejudice to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, be liable, on summary conviction, to a fiue not exceeding 500 dollars or imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.
PART V.
Miscellaneous.
57. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to apply the whole or any part of the penalties recoverable for breach of under section 5 of the Act for the non-observance or non- the Ordi-
performance of the regulations made under this Ordinance or the Act towards the expenses of reconveying to their homes or transferring to another ship emigrants who were intending to proceed in any vessel whose licence has been revoked in manner hereinbefore provided.
nance
recoverable
under the Act.
Particulars
under sec-
tion 16 may
58. Particulars or any of such required to be furnished under any of the provisions of section of this Ordinance be required shall, if so ordered by an Emigration Officer, be verified upon oath or declaration before an Emigration Officer or Justice of the Peace who are hereby authorized to admi- nister such oath or declaration.
to be given
under oath.
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