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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JUNE, 1905.

No. 2 OF 1905.

An Ordinance to amend the Vagrancy Ordi-

mance. 1897.

M. NATHAN,

LS)

Governor.

[22nd June, 1905.]

Short title

and cons. truction.

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 Vagrancy Amend- ment Ordinance, 1905, and shall be construed as one with the Vagrancy Ordinance, 1897, hereinafter called the Prin- eipal Ordinance.

Kepeal of 2. Section 11 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby section of repcaled. the Principal Ordinance. Amendment of section 12 of the Principal Ordinance.

Amendment- of section 13 of the Frincipal Ordinee.

Repeal of

3. Section 12 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the omission therefrom of the words "long sentence", and by the substitution therein for the words "six months of the words "seven days".

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4. Section 13 of the Principal Ordinance is bereby amended by the omissiou therefrom of the exception “(other than penal labour)”.

5. Section 22 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby re- section 22 of pealed and the following is substituted therefor :---

the Principal

Ordinauce

and new section substituted therefor.

22. The master of any ship, British or foreign, Liability of which brings into the Colony any person, other ship-master than a Chinese and not having been shipwrecked, bringing who within two mouths from the time of his

into Colony arrival becomes chargeable to the Colony as a becomes

person who vagrant shall be liable to repay to the Govern- vagrant. ment all costs and charges incurred by the Colony on behalf of the said person, unless it shall be proved, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said person, at the time of his arrival, either was under an engagement as provided in the last preceding section, or was possessed of not less thau fifty dollars: Provided that where the per- son so brought into the Colony came as a stow- away, the master shall incur no liability to repay the said costs and charges, in case such stowaway is promptly handed over to the Police on the arrival of the ship and is duly prosecuted under the Stowaways Ordinance, 1897, or any other enactment applying to the case, and no money or compensation in respect of such person's passage is paid or received.”

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 22nd day of June, 1905.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils,

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 22nd day of June, 1905.

F. H. MAY,

Colonial Secretary.