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(3) that all the requirements of the Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889, have been complied with; and
(4) that the intending passengers who are males under the age of 16 years or females have been passed by the Registrar General.
Officer.
9. The Emigration Officer may at any time enter and inspect the Powers of ship and the accommodation, provisions, and stores provided for the Chinese passengers, and may require the master or any other person to produce the licence and the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Chinese passengers.
certificate.
10. Where the intended passengers or any of them are under contract of service, the Emigration Officer shall take care that a copy of the form of any such contracts, or an abstract of their substance, signed by himself, is appended to the said certificate, and in all cases if any of the passengers are in bad health or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or violence has been practised in their collection or embarkation, he may detain the ship, and, if he thinks fit, order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.
11. The Emigration Officer may, if he thinks fit, before granting his certificate, employ any duly qualified medical practitioner, mariner, marine surveyor, or other person whose professional assistance and advice he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of the Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889, have been duly complied with, and the costs and charges of obtaining such assistance and advice shall be defrayed by the owners or charterers of the ship, whether the Emigration Officer grants his certificate or not.
12. The Emigration Officer shall from time to time fix a reasonable scale of fees and charges, to be approved by one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for the remuneration of any professional persons who may be employed by him under the last Regulation, and pending the approval or disapproval of such scale, the fees and charges therein specified shall be payable, as if the same had been approved in manner aforesaid.
13. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay such fees for the remuneration of the Emigration Officer as may be ordered under instructions from one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and, until and subject to such instructions, the following fees shall be payable in addition to all fees and charges payable under the last Regulation:
(1) upon every application for a certificate $25;
Provided that for an Emigration Officer's certificate delivered at a second port on the same voyage for a ship which has already received
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
+ As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
CHINESE EMIGRATION.
No. 1 of 1889. ·
439
(3) that all the requirements of the Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889, have been complied with; and
(4) that the intending passengers who are males under the age of 16 years or females have been passed by the Registrar General.
Officer.
9. The Emigration Officer may at any time enter and inspect the Powers of ship and the accommodation, provisions, and stores provided for the Emigration Chinese passengers, and may require the master or any other
person to produce the licence and the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Chinese passengers.
certificate.
10. Where the intended passengers or any of them are under con- Contract or tract of service, the Emigration Officer shall take care that a copy of abstract to be the form of any such contracts, or an abstract of their substance, appended to signed by himself, is appended to the said certificate, and in all cases if any of the passengers are in bad health or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or violence has been practised in their collection or embarkation, he may detain the ship, and, if he thinks fit, order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.
11. The Emigration Officer may, if he thinks fit, before granting Power to his certificate, employ any duly qualified medical practitioner, master employ
medical men, mariner, marine surveyor, or other person whose professional assist- marine ance and advice he may require for the purpose of ascertaining surveyors, whether the requirements of the Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889, and others. have been duly complied with, and the costs and charges of obtain- ing such assistance and advice shall be defrayed by the owners or charterers of the ship, whether the Emigration Officer grants his cer tificate or not.
12. The Emigration Officer shall from time to time fix a reasonable Fees of scale of fees and charges, to be approved by one of His Majesty's professional Principal Secretaries of State, for the remuneration of any professional persons persons who may be employed by him under the last Regulation,
employed. and pending the approval or disapproval of such scale, the fees and charges therein specified shall be payable, as if the same had been approved in manner aforesaid.
*
+
13. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay such fees for Fees of the remuneration of the Emigration Officer as may be ordered under Emigration instructions from one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Officer. and, until and subject to such instructions, the following fees shall be payable in addition to all fees and charges payable under the last Regulation:
(1) upon every application for a certificate
.$25:
Provided that for an Emigration Officer's certificate delivered at a second port on the same voyage for a ship which has already received
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
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