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Liability of shipmaster bringing into Colony person who becomes vagrant.
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No. 9 of 1897.
VAGRANCY.
22. The master of any ship, British or foreign, which brings into the Colony any person, other than a Chinese and not having been shipwrecked, who within two months from the time of his arrival becomes chargeable to the Colony as a vagrant shall be liable to repay to the Government all costs and charges incurred on behalf of the said person, unless it be proved, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said person, at the time of his arrival, either was under an engagement as provided in section 21, or was possessed of not less than fifty dollars: Provided that where the person so brought into the Colony came as a stowaway, the master shall incur no such liability if such stowaway is promptly handed over to the police on the arrival of the ship and is duly prosecuted under any Ordinance relating to stowaways [cf. Ordinance No.5 of 1903] or any other enactment applying to the case, and no money or compensation in respect of such person's passage is paid or received.
Liability of owner, etc., in absence of shipmaster.
Recovery of costs and charges.
Evidence in proceeding under the Ordinance.
23. In the absence of the master of a ship, or if such master departs from the Colony before repaying such costs and charges as are mentioned in sections 21 and 22, the owner, agent, and consignee of such ship at the time the person landed, or, in the case of a seaman discharged or left behind, at the time of such discharge or of his being so left behind, shall be liable to repay such costs and charges to the Government.
24. Such costs and charges shall be recoverable by action as if an express agreement to repay them had been entered into with the Colonial Secretary by the person, firm, company, association, body, master, owner, agent, or consignee chargeable.
25. (1) In any proceeding under this Ordinance, a certified copy of the declaration of the magistrate shall be primâ facie evidence that the person therein referred to was a vagrant from the date of such declaration, and also from any earlier date in such declaration mentioned as that from which, in the magistrate's opinion, such person has been a vagrant.
(2) As regards costs and charges incurred by the Colony on behalf of a destitute person or of a vagrant, the following documents shall be primâ facie evidence that they have been incurred :--
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
860
Liability of shipmaster bringing into Colony person who becomes
vagrant.
*
No. 9 of 1897.
VAGRANCY.
22. The master of any ship, British or foreign, which brings into the Colony any person, other than a Chinese and not having been shipwrecked, who within two months from the time of his arrival becomes chargeable to the Colony as a vagrant shall be liable to repay to the Government all costs and charges incurred on behalf of the said person, unless it be proved, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said person, at the time of his arrival, either was under an engagement as provided in section 21, or was possessed of not less than fifty dollars: Provided that where the person so brought into the Colony came as a stowaway, the master shall incur no such liability if such stowaway is promptly handed over to the police on the arrival of the ship and is [ef. Ordinance duly prosecuted under any Ordinance relating to stowaways No.5 of 1903.] or any other enactment applying to the case, and no money or compensation in respect of such person's passage is paid or received.
Liability of owner, etc., in absence of shipmaster.
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Recovery of costs and charges.
Evidence in proceeding under the
23. In the absence of the master of a ship, or if such master departs from the Colony before repaying such costs and charges as are mentioned in sections 21 and 22, the owner, agent, and consignee of such ship at the time the person landed, or, in the case of a seaman discharged or left behind, at the time of such discharge or of his being so left behind, shall be liable to repay such costs and charges to the Government.
24. Such costs and charges shall be recoverable by action as if an express agreement to repay them had been entered into with the Colonial Secretary by the person, firm, company, association, body, master, owner, agent, or con- signee chargeable.
25. (1) In any proceeding under this Ordinance, a certified copy of the declaration of the magistrate shall be Ordinance. primâ facie evidence that the person therein referred to was a vagrant from the date of such declaration, and also from any earlier date in such declaration mentioned as that from which, in the magistrate's opinion, such person has been a vagrant.
(2) As regards costs and charges incurred by the Colony on behalf of a destitute person or of a vagrant, the following documents shall be primâ facie evidence that they have been incurred :--
* As amended by Law Rev, Ord., 1924.
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