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Power to make rules

houses.

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44.-(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make rules for the licensing, regulation, and sanitary for boarding maintenance of such hotels or boarding-houses, and with regard to all emigrants residing therein, and by such rules to require such register or other books to be kept as he may deem expedient, with regard to all visitors to such hotels and boarding-houses and to assisted emigrants.

Furnishing return of particulars of emigrants before em- barkation.

Furnishing photographs of certain emigrants.

Employment of photo- graphers.

Penalty for

contraven- tion of Ordinance.

Penalty for

coutraven- tion of

(2.) All such rules, when made, shall be published in the Gazette and, when so published, shall be as valid and binding as if contained in this Ordinance.

45.-(1.) The keeper of every such hotel or boarding- house shall supply the Secretary for Chinese Affairs with a return of all emigrants who are inmates of the house, giving their number, names, descriptions and such other particulars as the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may direct together with the name of the emigrant ship by which they intend to proceed.

(2.) Such return must be supplied at least 24 hours before the examination by the Sceretary for Chinese Affairs and shall be in such form as he may direct.

46.-(1.) The keeper of every licensed hotel or board- ing-house from which any assisted emigrant is to be shipped or in the case of every male emigrant under the age of 16 years and of all female emigrants the passage broker who provides the passage shall attend at the Office of the Se- cretary for Chinese Affairs or other place appointed for the examination to be held by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and shall then furnish the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or such officer as the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may appoint, with two copies of the photograph of every such emigrant, with the names, ages and number of the said emigrants, numbered to correspond with a list containing the names, ages, sex, destination, occupation and any other particulars which may be required by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs concerning each emigrant entered thereon together with the name of the ship by which each emigrant intends to sail and the date of departure.

(2.) It shall be lawful for the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to employ photographers to furnish the photographs required by this section.

PART IV.

Penal Provisions.

47. Except where otherwise expressly prescribed under the provisions of this Ordinance any person contravening any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

48. Any person contravening any of the provisions of any regulation contained in the Schedules to this Ordinance Regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

Penalty for

contraven- tion of section 6,

Penalty for contraven- tion of section 16.

Penalty for false oath.

Penalties for :- fraudulent use of

certificate;

49. The master of any ship failing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of section 6 of this Ordinance shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceed- ing 100 dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.

50. Any person knowingly furnishing any untrue par- ticular required to be furnished under the provisions of section 16 of this Ordinance shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 mouthis.

51. Any person who shall furnish upon oath or declara- tion under the provisions of section 58 of this Ordinance any untrue particulars required to be furnished under the provisions of section 16 of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

52. Any person who-

(a.) makes or attempts to make any fraudulent use of a certificate granted under the provisions of this Ordinance ; or

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