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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JUNE, 1889.

Amendment of No, 1 of 1889.

Limit of

application of sections 27 to 35.

Effect of Amendments.

Unlawful imprisonment. or detention.

Decoying persons into or away from the Colony.

Punishment

for offences.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to amend the Chinese Emigration- Consolidation Ordinance, 1889, and to make provision against certain emigration abuses.

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and

Bit the tuvier and consent of the Legislative Conneil

thereof, as follows:-

PART I. Amendments.

1. The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:-

(i.) In section 3 by adding after the words in this Co- lony, the words and every British Chinese Pas- senger ship clearing out and proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony.

(ii.) In section 5 by adding after the words Passenger ship, the words proceeding on a voyage of more than seven days' duration.

(iii.) In section 6 by adding after the words proceed to sea the words on a voyage of more than seven- days' duration.

(iv.) In section 7 by adding after the words all parti- culars the words according to the form in Schedule A hereto.

(v.) In section 16 by adding after the words Passen-

ger ship the words proceeding on a voyage of more than seven days' duration.

(vi.) In section 20 by substituting for the words this Ordinance the words Special Licences herein- after mentioned.

(vii.) In section 27 by adding after the words Passen- ger ship the words proceeding on a voyage of more than seven days' duration.

(viii.) In section 54 by repealing the words (in the

Supreme Court).

(ix.) In section 67 by substituting for the words this

section the word and figures section 60.

.)

(x.) In section 76 by omitting the brackets ( (xi.) In schedule A by substituting for the word and figure section 8 the words and figures following section 6 (or & as the case may be.)

(xii.) In schedule K by substituting for the figures

XVII the figures 46.

(xiii.) In schedule L by repealing the words "[Whose steam power shall be sufficient without the aid of sails to propel them at the rate of five statute miles in the hour.]"

2. The provisions of sections 27 to 38 (inclusive) of the said Ordinauce shall not apply where special licences have been granted under section 21 of the said Ordinance to the steamers mentioned in such section.

3. The amendments hereinbefore made shall take effect · as from the 18th January, 1889, the date when the said Ordinance came into operation.

PART II.

Emigration Abuses,

4. Any person who by force, intimidation or fraud, im- prisons or detains any man or boy within the Colony, for the purpose of emigration or for any other purpose what- soever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, aud on conviction thereof, shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter pro- vided.

5. Any person who by force, intimidation, or any frau- dulent means brings, leads, takes, decoys, or entices any man or boy into or away from the Colony, for the purpose of emigration, or for any other purpose whatsoever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to the punishments hereinafter provided.

6. Every person convicted of any offence against the provisious of sections 4 and 5 of this Ordinance shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not excccding two years with or without hard labour: Provided always that if the case is determined by a single Magistrate he shall not impose a heavier sentence than one year's imprisonment with or without hard labour, and that where there appears a necessity for a heavier sentence the case shall be deter- mined by two Magistrates sitting together or in their dis- cretion committed for trial at the Supreme Court.