THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1882.
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. Section V of "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874" is here- Repeal, by repealed, and the second section of this Ordinance is enacted instead thereof, and shall be read as if it had originally been inserted in the place of the said section V; and in any new edition of the Ordinances may be printed as section V of the said Ordinance.
Licensing of "Chinese Passenger Ships."
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ceed to sea without
II. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea, and the Emigra- No Chinese pas- tion Officer shall not grant the certificate prescribed by section IV of "The Chinese senger ship to pro- Passengers' Act, 1855," unless the master of such ship shall be provided with a licence a licence from the under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony, or under the hand Governor. [Ord. 4 and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned.
of 1870, sec. 3.j
licence in the
sec. 4.]
2. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship is about to proceed to sea upon any Time and mode of voyage of more than seven days' duration, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if application for absent from the Colony, their respective agents, may, before such ship is laid on for the Colony. [Ibid. conveyance of Chinese emigrants, and before any depôt is opened for their reception, apply in writing to the Colonial Secretary for a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony for the conveyance of such emigrants and shall furnish all particulars as to the destination of the said ship and as to all other matters relating to the intended voyage and emigration which may be required of them.
licence at the ports
3. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship, which is not provided with a licence Time and mode of covering her intended voyage, is about to proceed with free Chinese emigrants under application for no contract of service whatever from any port in China, or within one hundred miles of out of the Colony. the Coast thereof, upon a voyage of not more than thirty days' duration, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if absent, their respective agents, may, before such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants, and before any depôt is opened for their reception, apply in writing to the Emigration Officer at such port for a licence under his hand and seal for the conveyance of such emigrants upon the intended voyage only, and shall furnish all particulars as to the destination of the said ship, and as to all other matters relating to the intended voyage and emigration which may be required
of them.
particulars.
4. All such particulars shall, if so ordered, be verified upon oath before the Punishment for Emigration Officer or any Justice of the Peace, and every person who shall knowingly furnishing untrue furnish untrue particulars, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, [1hid, sec. 5.] for any period not exceeding six calendar months, and to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, either in addition to or in substitution of such imprisonment.
mail steamers, &c.
5. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, grant to any vessel a general General licences to licence for any period, or for any number of voyages, or for voyages to and from any specified port or ports, upon the condition that the vessel provided with such licence shall carry only free passengers under no contract of service whatever, except as herein-
after mentioned.
of fec. Ibid, sec.
6. The granting of any licence shall be in the discretion of the Governor in Coun- Conditions of cil, and in cases within the third paragraph of this section, shall be in the discretion of licence and amount the Emigration Officer, and in every case shall be subject to the payment of a fee of five 6.] dollars, and to such conditions as may, from time to time, be prescribed under instruc- tions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Governor Governor in Council in Council may impose such conditions on the granting of any licence as he shall think may impose condi- expedient in each particular case, provided the same shall not be contrary to or incon- tions.
sistent with such instructions.
proviso for exten-
7. Every licence, other than a general licence, granted under this section in respect Licence to specify of
any Chinese
passenger ship shall specify the period within which such ship shall time of departare clear out and proceed to sea: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor sion thereof. in Council, or Emigration Officer who granted the licence, from time to time, to extend [Ibid, sec. 7.] such period.
8. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, authorize any person to engage any specified number of Chinese artisans, mechanics, labourers, or servants for any person resident in any British possession, and to make contracts in writing on behalf of such resident with the persons so engaged. Every such contract shall be made in triplicate, and one part shall be lodged in the office of the Emigration Officer; and such part shall be admissible in evidence without a stamp.
Any vessel provided with a general licence may carry any persons so engaged without thereby affecting her licence.
The Governor may and servants to be engaged for persons
authorize labourers
in British posses- sions,
not to prevent Chi- nese passengers
from travelling in
9. Nothing in "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," shall Ordinance 5 of 1874 prevent passengers, natives of Asia, from travelling in the first class cabin of vessel
any which is provided with a general licence, on the same terms as passengers of other nationalities; or in the first or second class cabin, if the vessel carries more than two classes of passengers.
first or second cabin as other national- ities.
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