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102 ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1844 .


Registration and Census.


the Colonies of Great Britain by the Home Government : 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 6. 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 7. And be it further enacted and ordained that no person being a headman
contractors, &c.,
prohibited from contractor, or other shall hire any or other persons coolies or workmen, not being pre
employing any
person
unprovided with viously resident in the Colony for the purpose of executing any work or service in the
a registration
ticket. said Colony, unless such person or coolie or workman not hereinbefore excepted shall
have previously obtained a registration ticket and shall produce the same to the
person so hiring him or them .
Penalty for 8. And be it further enacted and ordained that if any person shall knowingly
knowingly
retaining retain in his or her employment or harbour or suffer to reside in his or her house or on
unregistered
persons.
his or her premises any person hereby required to be registered who shall not be duly
registered according to the provisions of this Ordinance he shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding twenty dollars.
Penalty for 9. And be it further enacted and ordained that if any person liable to be registered
neglecting to
register. 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 not exceeding twenty dollars : Provided always that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to extend to persons employed on board vessels of war or government
transports under any circumstances, nor 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 officer in charge of the said vessel leave to go ashore in writing
under his hand.
Tepos to send 10. And be it further enacted and ordained that all headmen or tepos shall be
in returns when
called for.
bound to give a return when called upon by the said registering officer of the boundaries
of their districts, of the names and occupation together with the particulars hereinbefore
set forth of all persons residing in their respective villages or districts and an account
of the sex, ages and country of all such persons 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 every such tepo shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 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,
or who shall fail after due requisition to make every such return as is hereby required .
Census. 11. And be it further enacted and ordained that for the purposes of the census
the said Registrar General or such other officer so to be appointed as aforesaid shall