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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1882. 93

No Chinese passenger ship unless propelled by steam to clear between April

and September.

XI. No Chinese passenger ship, unless a vessel propelled by steam, bound to any No Chinese pas- port westward of the Cape of Good Hope or to any port in Australia, New Zealand, senger ship to clear Oceania, or Tasmania shall be permitted to clear from any port in the Colony between September. -the months of April and September inclusive.

Unwilling Emigrants.

between April and

[Ibid, sec. 16.}

the port and who

XII. It shall be lawful for the Emigration Officer at any time when he is satisfied Emigration Officer that any emigrant who is unwilling to leave the port has been obtained by any fraud, grant who is

may land any emi. violence, or other improper means, to land such emigrant and procure him a passage unwilling to leave back to his native place or that from which he was taken, and also to defray the cost of has been procured his maintenance whilst awaiting a return passage, and all such expenses with all legal by any frand, &c. costs incurred shall be recoverable by the Emigration Officer before any Police Magis- [Ibid, sec. 18.] trate from the Emigration passage broker of the vessel in which such emigrant was shipped or intended to be shipped.

[Ibid, sec. 19.]

ing emigrants.

2. Whosoever shall unlawfully either by force or fraud take away or detain against Punishment for his will any man or boy with intent to put him on board a Chinese passenger ship and improperly obtain- whosoever shall with any such intent receive, harbour, or enter into any contract for foreign service with any such man or boy knowing the same to have been by force or fraud taken and obtained as in this paragraph before mentioned, shall be guilty of felony and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years and not less than three

years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.

Penalties for breach of Ordinance.

any breach of this

[Ibid, sec. 21.]

XIII. The owners or charterers of any Chinese passenger ship and any emigration Punishment of passage broker and any intending emigrant by a Chinese passenger ship and any master persons committing or other person in charge of a Chinese passenger ship who shall fail to comply with or Ordinance. commit any breach of the provisions of part I of this Ordinance so far as they may respectively be bound thereby, and any person granting or knowingly uttering any forged certificate, permit, notice, or other document under this Ordinance shall, without pre- judice to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, be liable upon summary conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding six months.

PART II.

EMIGRATION FROM PORTS OUT OF THE COLONY.

Emigrant ship fittings.

[Ord. 3 of 1873,

XIV. Before beginning to fit out any ship intended to be used for the conveyance Notice to Emigra of Chinese emigrants to be embarked at any port or place out of the Colony, a notice to tion Officer. that effect shall be given in writing to the Emigration Officer, and such notice shall be sec. 4.] signed by the owner and master of such ship, or in the event of the owner not being resident within the Colony, by the agent and master thereof, and in case such notice shall not have been given, the owner and master, or the agent and master of such ship, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence against this section, and shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter prescribed: Provided always that where there shall be no agent of an absent owner in the Colony, the notice may be signed by the master alone.

[Ibid, sec. 5.]

2. The master of every ship arriving within the waters of the Colony and which Report to Emigra shall be fitted out for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants shall, within twenty-four tion Officer. hours, report the same to the Emigration Officer, and in case he shall neglect so to do, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this section, and shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter prescribed.

Officer.

3. The fittings of every ship mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section shall Powers and duties be subject to the approval of the Emigration Officer, who is hereby empowered, at all of Emigration reasonable times, to go on board and search and inspect such ship and her fittings and to [Ibid, sec. 6.} order any fittings which shall in his opinion be objectionable, to be forthwith removed; and any person who shall in any way impede or attempt to impede the Emigration Officer in the execution of this duty, shall be guilty of an offence against this section, and shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter prescribed.