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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 139.--The following Bill was read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 2nd July, 1915:-
A BILL
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
No person to leave with- out permis- sion any ship arriving in the Colony.
Persons not
examined to report them- selves.
No ship arriving in the Colony to go along.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to regulate the entrance of per- sons into the Colony and the departure of persons from the Colony and to confer various powers in connection therewith.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Travellers Re- striction Ordinance, 1915.
2. In this Ordinance,-
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"Colony means the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and includes the waters of the Colony.
"Examination Officer" menus any officer in the exam- ination service which was notified by Notification No. 286 published in the Gazette of the third day of August, 1914. "Master" means any person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship.
"Passenger" means any person on a ship other than the master and persons employed in the working or service of the ship.
"Police Officer" includes all Special Cons tables and all members of the Special Police Reserve.
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"Ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation other than Chinese junks propelled solely by sails and oars.
3.-(1.) Except with the permission of a police officer or examination officer no person shall leave any ship which arrives in the Colony until such ship has been examined by a police officer. *
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(2.) Any such permission may be general or may be limited to particular persons or classes of persons.
4. Every person of non-Chinese race who arrives in the Colony and who is not examined by a police officer or examination officer at the time of his arrival shall report himself at a police station within twelve hours of his arrival in the Colony.
5. Except with the permission of a police officer or ex- amination officer, no ship which arrives in the Colony shall be taken alongside any pier or wharf or other vessel, nor side any pier shall any other vessel be taken alongside such ship, until
such ship has been examined by a police officer.
or other
vessel with- out permis- sion.
Master to hoist police flag if directed.
Persons arriving or leaving to auswer all enquiries.
6. The master of every ship which arrives in the Colony shall hoist the Police call flag ("S" in the International Code of Signals) whenever ordered to do so by any exam- ination officer or police officer and shall keep the said flag flying until authorised by a police officer to take it down.
7.—(1.) Every person who arrives in the Colony, or who is about to leave the Colony, shall truthfully and fully an swer all questions and enquiries put to him by any police officer or examination officer, notwithstanding that the answer to any such question may tend to render such person liable to any restriction whatsoever or may tend to incriminate
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