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96 ORDINANCE No. 16 OF 1844.


Registration ofInhabitants.

Ticket. And be it further enacted and ordained that the said registration ticket shall
contain the name of the applicant and the number of the ticket and the date at which it
is granted and such other particulars as to the aforesaid Registrar General may seem
fit. Provided always, that as regards persons of Chinese origin or extraction the
name of the applicant shall be in the Chinese character also .
Ticket to And be it further enacted and ordained that the said registration ticket shall
continue in
force for one
year. continue in force for the period of one year from the date thereof and no longer and
that on the expiration thereof any person who shall not forthwith apply to be again
registered and obtain a fresh registration ticket shall be liable to the penalties inflicted
by the provisions of this Ordinance on persons residing in the said Colony without
being registered.
Headmen And be it further enacted and ordained that if any person being a headman
contractors &c.
required to have contractor or other shall hire any or other persons coolies or workmen not being
the men in their
employ previously resident in the Colony for the purpose of executing any work or service in
registered.
the said Colony he shall be bound and is hereby required as soon as the said coolies
or workmen are landed in the said Colony to cause them to proceed to the said office
or such branch offices as may be appointed in the manner hereinbefore provided .

Penalty for And be it further enacted and ordained that if any person retain in his or her
neglecting the
preceding. employment or harbour or suffer to reside in his or her house or on his or her
premises any person hereby required to be registered who is not duly registered
according to the provisions of this Ordinance he shall be liable to a penalty of not
more than twenty dollars .

Penalty. And be it further enacted and ordained that if any person liable to be registered
under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be found residing in the said Colony for
the space of twenty-four hours without having been registered he shall be liable to a
Exemptions. penalty of not more than twenty dollars. Provided always that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to extend to persons employed on board ships of war
or to officers or seamen belonging to merchant vessels lying in the harbour or roads
of Victoria who previous to landing shall obtain from the master or said officer in
charge of the said vessels leave to go ashore in writing under his hand.

Tepos to send in And be it further enacted and ordained that all headmen or tepos shall be bound
returns when
called for.
to give a return when called upon by the said registering officer of the names and
occupation together with the particulars hereinbefore set forth of all persons residing
in their respective villages or districts and shall specify in the said return the number
of the house according to the register and the number of persons residing in each
house and shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars for each
and every person hereby required to be registered found residing within their respective
villages or districts without being duly registered as aforesaid or whom they shall
not have reported to or caused to be brought before the said registering officer.

Return to be And be it enacted and ordained that the said Registrar General or such other
made by
householders. officer so to be appointed as aforesaid shall if he or they think fit cause to be delivered