1034 · THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1888.
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shall authorize the steamer named therein to carry a limited number of free Chinese passengers upon voyages of not more than thirty days' duration between ports to be speci fied in the licence under and subject to the regulations con- tained in the schedule [D] hereto.
The number of passengers to be carried shall be inserted in the licence, and shall in no case exceed one passenger for every ten tons of the registered tonnage of such steamer. [22.] The Governor in Council may, if he think fit, annex any special conditions to the granting of any special licence applied for under this Ordinance, and may cause such special conditions to be specified in the licence: Provided the same shall not be contrary to or inconsistent with "The Chinese Passengers Act 1855," or this Ordinance.
[23.] A special licence granted under this Ordinance may, at any time, be cancelled by the Governor in Council in his discretion.
[24.] Every steamer to which a special licence is granted under this Ordinance shall, during the continuance of such licence, be relieved from the regulations contained in sche- dule [] hereto, but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to relieve such steamer from the operation of any part of "The Chinese Passengers Act 1855," except the regulations in the said schedule A thereto.
[25.] The breach of any regulation contained in the schedule [D] hereto, or of any condition of a special licence, shall be deemed to be a breach of a regulation respecting Chinese passenger ships within the meaning of "The Chi- nese Passengers Act 1855."
[26.] Whosoever impedes the Emigration Officer in the execution or performance of any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance, or any egulation thereunder, shall be liable on conviction in a summary way to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence, for which no other punishment is provided.
Emigration Passage Brokers.
21. [27.] No person shall act as a passenger broker, or in procuring passengers for, or in the sale or letting of passages. in any Chinese passenger ship, unless he shall, with two- sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several bond in the sum of five thousand current dollars, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the form contained in schedule [E] hereto, which bond shall be renewed on each occasion of obtaining such licence as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Emigration Officer; nor unless such person shall have obtained a licence to let or sell passages, nor unless such licence shall be then in force; and where different members of the same firm act as passage brokers, each person so acting shall comply with the terms of this section.
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[28.] Any person wishing to obtain a licence to act as a passage broker shall make application for the same to the Emigration Officer, and the Emigration Officer is hereby authorized (if he shall think fit) to grant such licence according to the form in schedule [F] hereto; Provided al- ways, that no such licence shall be granted unless such bond as in the last preceding section mentioned shall have been first entered into: Provided also, that any Magistrate who shall adjudicate on any offence committed by such broker against this Ordinance, is hereby authorized to order the offender's licence to be forfeited, and the same shall thereupon be forfeited accordingly; and the said Magistrate making such order shall forthwith cause notice of such D forfeiture, in the form in the schedule [G] hereto, to be transmitted to the Emigration Officer, and such forfeiture shall be exclusive and independent of any other punish- ment which may be inflicted upon such offender under the provisions of this Ordinance.
23. [29.] Every person obtaining such licence as aforesaid, shall pay to the Emigration Officer a fee of two hundred current dollars, which fee the Emigration Officer is hereby empowered and required to demand and receive upon the issuing of any such licence; and the Emigration Officer shall pay all such fees into the Colonial Treasury, to the use of the Crown. 24. [30.] Such licence shall continue in force until the 31st day of December in the year in which such licence shall be granted, and for fourteen days afterwards, unless sooner forfeited as bereinbefore mentioned.
25. [31.] Every passage broker who shall or may receive money from any person, for or in respect of a passage in any Chi- nese passenger ship, shall give to every such person a contract
Power to
annex special conditions to grant of licence. [Ibid. sec. 4.]
Cancellation
of licence. [Ibil, seg. 5.]
Licensed steamers relieved from other regulations. [Ibid, sec. 6.]
Breach of regulaticas or conditions. [Ibid. sec. 7.]
Inspecting Emigration Officer.
[Ibid.]
No person to net as a passage broker without having entered into a bond and obtained a licence-
[Ord. 5 of 1874
A. 6.)
How passage broker's
Reence inay be obtained. [7bid, subs, 2.]
Power to Magistrate to order licences to be forfeited.
Fee to be pald for licence. [bil. subs. 3.1
How long licence is to continue in force. [Ibid. subs. 4.)
Contract tickets for passages. [Ibid, subs. 5.3
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