THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1915.
HONGKONG.
No. 30 of 1915.
LS
I assent to this Ordinance.
F. H. MAY,
Governor.
3rd December, 1915.
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to "Chinese Passenger Ships" as defined by the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, and concerning Asiatic Emigrants generally.
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Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
PART I.
Preliminary Provisions.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Asiatic Emi- Short title. gration Ordinance, 1915,
2.-(1.) In this Ordinance-
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Definitions and Inter- pretation of terms.
"The Act means the Chinese Passengers Act, Act.
1855:
"Assisted Emigrant " means any male emigrant Assisted
who intends to labour for hire in some place Emigrant. beyond the limits of this Colony and who has received assistance in the way of payment of passage money, subsistence or otherwise in order to enable him to carry out his intention:
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"Emigrant means any person being a native of Emigrant.
Asia who, unless exempted from the provisions of this Ordinance, is carried or is about to be carried as a passenger in any emigrant ship:
"Emigrant Ship" includes every Hongkong emi- Emigrant
grant ship and every outport emigrant ship:
HE
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Ship.
Officer.
Emigration Officer as regards this Colony means Emigration
the Harbour Master and includes any person duly authorised by him to perform or assist in performing his duties and as regards other places includes every person lawfully acting as Emigration Officer, Immigration Agent or Pro- tector of Emigrants and every person authoris- ed by the Governor of any British Colony to carry out the provisions of the Act:
"Free Emigrant" means an emigrant who is not Free
under any contract of service whatever:
Emigrant.
"General Licence means a Licence granted under General
section 13 of this Ordinance :
Licence.
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