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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1882.

Legislature of Hong

lations respecting

II. It shall be lawful for the Legislature of Hong Kong, by any Ordinance to be by Kong to make Regu- them enacted for that Purpose, to make Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships, Passenger ships, &c. and, in the Case of British Ships, respecting the Treatment of the Passengers therein while at Sea, and until such Enactment, the Regulations contained in Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed shall be in force: Provided always, that no such Ordinance shall come into operation until Her Majesty's Confirmation of the same shall have been proclaimed in Hong Kong by the Governor thereof.

Governor of Hong Kong to declare

III. *It shall be lawful for the Governor of Hong Kong to declare, by Proclamation, Length of Voyages. for the Purposes of this Act and of the said Regulations, what shall be deemed to be the Duration of the Voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship, and by such Proclamation to alter the Scales of Dietary, Medicines, and Medical Comforts contained in the aforesaid Schedule (A.)

No Chinese Pas-

out on Voyage of more than Seven Days without

of Regulations, nor

IV. No Chinese Passenger Ship shall clear out or proceed to Sea on any Voyage senger Ship to clear of more than Seven Days Duration until the Master thereof shall have received from an Emigration Officer a Copy of the aforesaid Regulations, and a Certificate in the Form Emigration Officer's contained in Schedule B. to this Act annexed, or in such other Form as may be prescribed Certificate and Copy by the said Legislature, which Copy and Certificate, with any Documents to be attached until Bond be given thereto (herein-after designated as Emigration Papers,) shall be signed by the said Emigration Officer, nor until the Master shall, with Two sufficient Sureties, to be approved by the said Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several Bond in the Sum of One thousand Pounds to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the Form contained in Schedule C. to this Act annexed, or in such other Form as shall be prescribed by the said Legislature.

to Crown,

Penalty of Bond, when recoverable.

Commander of Ships of War, &c. may

search Ships, or

of Papers.

V. The said penal Sum of One thousand Pounds shall be due and recoverable notwithstanding any Penalty or Forfeiture imposed by this Act or by the aforesaid Regulations, and whether such Penalties or Forfeitures shall have been sued for and recovered or not.

VI. It shall be lawful for the Commander of any of Her Majesty's Ships of War, or for any Emigration Officer. Custom House Officer, or British Consul, to enter and require Production search any Chinese Passenger Ship (being a British Vessel or within British Jurisdiction) so long as such Ship shall have any Passengers on board, and for Forty-eight Hours afterwards, and in case such Ship shall be engaged on a Voyage of more than Seven Days Duration, to require the Production of the Emigration Papers of such Ship, and to examine all Persons on board of the same, in order to ascertain whether the Provisions of this Act and of the Regulations aforesaid have been complied with; and any Person who refuses to allow, attempts to avoid, or obstructs any such Entry, Search, or Examination, or who knowingly misleads or deceives any Person lawfully making any such Search or Examination, or who, being the Master of the Ship or having the Emigration Papers in his Custody, fails to produce the same when required as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanour.

Penalty for Neglect to comply with Regulations, &c.

Ship to be forfeited

Emigration Papers, or for Forgery of such Papers.

VII. In case of any Neglect or Refusal to comply with any of the Provisions of this Act or any of the Regulations aforesaid, or to perform any Stipulation in any of the Contracts made with the Passengers, the Master of the Ship, and any other Person who may have been guilty of or have aided or abetted such Neglect or Refusal, shall each be deemed for each Öffence guilty of a Misdemeanour.

VIII. If any Chinese Passenger Ship clears out or proceeds to Sea on any Voyage for clearing without exceeding Seven Days in Duration without such Emigration Papers as aforesaid, or if the Emigration Papers of any Chinese Passenger Ship are forged or fraudulently altered, such Ship shall, if she is a British Ship, or if, not being a British Ship, the Offence is committed and the ship is seized in Her Majesty's Dominions or in the Territories of the East India Company, be forfeited to Her Majesty.

Penalties in addition to Forfeiture.

Mode of enforcing Forfeiture.

IX. Every Person who commits or aids or abets in committing any Act or Default by which any Chinese Passenger Ship may become liable to Forfeiture shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding One hundred Pounds for each Offence.

X. It shall be lawful for any Commissioned Officer on Full Pay in the Military or Naval Service of Her Majesty, or any British Officer of Customs, or any British Consul, to seize and detain any Ship which has become subject to Forfeiture as aforesaid, and bring her for Adjudication before the High Court of Admiralty in England or Ireland, or any Court having Admiralty Jurisdiction in Her Majesty's Dominions

* See Proclamations in Government Gazette-No. 13 of 1856, No. 45 of 1857, No. 108 of 1858, No. 7 of 1872, and No. 1 of 1876.