ORDINANCE No. 13 OF 1858.
Chinese Passenger Ships.
No. 13 of 1858.
An Ordinance for the continuance of the heretofore existing Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships; and in the case of British Ships, respecting the Treatment of the Passengers therein while at Sea, and for making Regulations in addition thereto.
[21st October, 1858.]
WHEREAS it is desirable to make further provision, in addition to that made by the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," for the regulation of Chinese passengers' ships, and in the case of British ships, for the treatment of the passengers therein while at sea, with a view to the better securing the health of passengers in such ships: Be it enacted and ordained, by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage of more than seven days' duration, without strictly conforming in every respect with the regulations contained in schedule (A) annexed to the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," and heretofore in force under the second section of the said Act: Provided always, that for voyages to places eastward of the Cape of Good Hope or on the West Coast of America, a Chinese medical practitioner, properly qualified to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer, shall be considered a surgeon in terms of the said schedule in all cases where a properly qualified European or American surgeon is not found ready to take medical charge of the ship on the payment of such remuneration as to the Emigration Officer shall appear reasonable.
2. In every Chinese passenger ship, there shall be a sufficient space properly divided off to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, to be used exclusively as a hospital or hospitals for the passengers; this space shall be under the poop, or in the round-house, or in any deck-house which shall be properly built and secured to the satisfaction of such Emigration Officer, or on the upper passenger deck, and not elsewhere, and shall in no case be less than eighteen clear superficial feet for every fifty passengers which the ship shall carry. Such hospitals shall be fitted with bed places, and supplied with proper beds, bedding, and utensils, to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, and throughout the voyage kept so fitted and supplied.
3. In the measurement of the passenger decks, poop, round-house, or deck-house, for the purpose of determining the number of passengers to be carried in any Chinese passenger ship, the space for the hospital shall be included.
4. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage as aforesaid, until some medical practitioner shall have certified to the Emigration Officer, and the said Emigration Officer shall be satisfied, that none of the passengers or crew appear, by reason of any bodily or mental disease, unfit to proceed, or likely to endanger the health or safety of other persons about to proceed, in such vessel: and a medical inspection of the passengers for the purposes of giving such certificate, shall...
Preamble.
435
Existing regulations to continue in force.
Hospital accommodation to be provided.
Space for hospital to be included in measurement of capacity for passengers.
Passengers and crew to be examined before sailing by some medical practitioner.
ORDINANCE No. 13 OF 1858.
Chinese Passenger Ships.
No. 13 of 1858.
An Ordinance for the continuance of the heretofore existing Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships; and in the case of British Ships, respecting the Treatment of the Passengers therein while at Sea, and for inaking Regulations in addition thereto.
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[21st October, 1858.]
HEREAS it is desirable to make further provision, in addition to that made by the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," for the regulation of Chinese passengers' ships, and in the case of British ships, for the treatment of the passengers therein while at sea, with a view to the better securing the health of passengers in such ships: Be it enacted and ordained, by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage of more than seven days' duration, without strictly conforming in every respect with the regulations contained in schedule (A) annexed to the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," and heretofore in force under the second section of the said Act: Provided always, that for voyages to places eastward of the Cape of Good Hope or on the West Coast of America, a Chinese medical practitioner, properly qualified to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer, shall be considered a surgeon in terms of the said schedule in all cases where a properly qualified European or American surgeon is not found ready to take medical charge of the ship on the payment of such remuneration as to the Emigration Officer shall appear reasonable.
2. In every Chinese passenger ship, there shall be a sufficient space properly divided off to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, to be used exclusively as a hospital or hospitals for the passengers; this space shall be under the poop, or in the round-house, or in any deck-house which shall be properly built and secured to the satisfaction of such Emigration Officer, or on the upper passenger deck, and not elsewhere, and shall in no case be less than eighteen clear superficial feet for every fifty passengers which the ship shall carry. Such hospitals shall be fitted with bed places, and supplied with proper beds, bedding, and utensils, to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, and throughout the voyage kept so fitted and supplied.
3. In the measurement of the passenger decks, poop, round-house, or deck-house, for the purpose of determining the number of passengers to be carried in any Chinese passenger ship, the space for the hospital shall be included.
4. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage as aforesaid, until some medical practitioner shall have certified to the Emigration Officer, and the said Emigration Officer shall be satisfied, that none of the passengers or crew appear, by reason of any bodily or mental disease, unfit to proceed, or likely to endan- ger the health or safety of other persons about to proceed, in such vessel: and a medical inspection of the passengers for the purposes of giving such certificate, shall
Preamble.
435
Existing regu’a- tions to continue
in force.
Hospital accom- modation to be provided.
Space for hos- pital to be includ ed in measure-. ment of capacity. for passengers.
Passengers and crew to be examined before sailing by some medical practi-
tioner.
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