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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH OCTOBER, 1899. 1557

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to amend the Vagrancy Ordi-

Dance, 1897.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Countil thereof, as follows:-

1. This Onlinance may be citol as the Vagrancy Short title, (Amendment) Ordinance, 1899.

2. Clause (c.) of section 21 of Ordinance No. 25 of Amendment 1897 is hereby repealed, and, in lieu thereof, the clause of sec. 21 of

Orl. 25 of following shall be substituted and form part of such section,

1897. namely:-

(c.) “Whenever any seaman other than a Chinese is Substituted

discharged from his ship, in this Colony, without the clause (6.) sanction of the Superintendent of the Mercantile

Marine Office or his Deputy, and without reasonable provision having been made as to his subsistence,

or, not being a deserter, is wrongfully left behind in this Colony,"

Throughout sections 21 and 23 of Ordinance 25 of 1897 Substitution the word scaman shall be substituted for the word of word "sailor." wherever the word “sailor" appears.

** seaman

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for "sailor" in sec. 21 and 23 of Ordl. 25 of 1897.

3. Section 22 of Ordinance No. 25 of 1897 is hereby Amendment Amended by→→

(i.) Inserting the words "and not having been ship- wrecked" after the word "Chinese" in that section, and

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(ii) By striking out from that section the words “ OF

becomes so within a period of six months."

Objects and Reasons.

This Bill has been framed in accordance with instructions which have been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in consequence of certain representations which were made to him by the Board of Trade.

The amendment in clause (c.) of section 21 of Ordinance No. 25 of 1897, which is contained in clause 2 of the Bill, has been introduced, because it was considered that the old clause (c.) might bear somewhat hardly upon ship-

owners.

seaman

The alteration from the term "suilor" to the word has been introduced with the object of including any person employed or engaged in any capacity on board ship (except masters, pilots, and apprentices) and not merely persons engaged in the navigation of the ship.

The first amendment made by clause 3 has been intro- duced, in order to make it clear that the provisions of see- tion 22 were not intended to be applied to the case of a shipwrecked person.

The second amendment made by clause 3 has been intro- duced in consequence of it having been represented to the Secretary of State by the Board of Trade that it was not reasonable to hold a shipmaster responsible for the solvency of his passengers during a period of six months after he

had landed them.

HENRY E. POLLOCK,

Acting Attorney General,

of sec. 22 of

Ord, 25 of

1897.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to amend the Crown Lands

Resumption Ordinance, 1889.

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 for all purposes as the Short title. Crown Lands Resumption Amendment Ordinance, 1899.