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ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1852 . 273


Desertion of Seamen.


2. And that whenever any seaman shall be discharged from any vessel within the Master shall give
to seaman dis
charged in Colo
precincts of this Colony, the master of such vessel shall give at the time of such ny certificate of
discharge, and if
discharge to such seaman a written certificate of discharge, specifying the time and required, an ac
count ofwages.
nature of service, and the time of discharge of such seaman , signed by himself ; and if
such seaman require it, shall further give him, within twenty-four hours after demand ,
a true account in writing of the wages of such seaman , and of all deductions therefrom.

3. That Ordinance No. 4 of 1850 be extended in all its provisions to British Ordinance 4 of
1850 extended to
British vessels
seamen and vessels within the harbour of Hongkong , as well as to the seamen and within Colony.
vessels of Foreign Nations.

4. And whereas by a regulation now in force, merchant seamen are not allowed Regulation as to
tickets of leave,
to land on leave unless furnished with tickets of leave, such regulation is hereby con and form thereof.

tinued, and it is further enacted that such tickets shall be according to the following
form :
HONGKONG, the day of 185 .

The bearer of this (man's name ) belonging to the ship (name of the ship) has permission to remain
on shore for the space of (number ofhours) . Permission granted at o'clock (A.M. , or P.M.)

A.B.-Master;

which form shall be publicly and conspicuously posted in the Harbour Master's office ;
and any seaman found on shore without such ticket or with a false ticket , or after his
period of leave shall have expired , may be taken into custody without warrant by any
constable , or by the master or person in charge of the ship to which such seaman
belongs , or by any person specially deputed in writing for such purpose by such master ,
or such person in charge, and conveyed before a Magistrate , who may order such
seaman to be taken on board his ship, and inflict on him a fine not exceeding ten
shillings to be paid by the seaman , or the master of his ship on account of such seaman .

5. That no seaman shall be discharged from an English ship or any foreign ship Astothe
discharge
and shipping
whose flag is not represented by a Consular officer resident in the Colony elsewhere of seamen.
than at the Harbour Master's office, and that every seaman discharged from a foreign [See Ord. No. 1 of
1862, s. 8.]
ship so represented shall, within twenty-four hours of being discharged at the office of
his Consul or Vice- Consul, produce to the Harbour Master or some person deputed by
him a certificate of his discharge, signed by such Consul or Vice- Consul ; and no seaman
shall be shipped either for an English or a foreign ship, elsewhere than at the office of
the Harbour Master, who shall charge for every seaman shipped a fee of one dollar,
such fee to be paid in the first instance by the master of the ship shipping such seaman ;
and such master shall deduct the same from the wages of the seaman shipped ; and in
every instance of a seaman being shipped the Harbour Master or such deputy as
aforesaid shall grant a certificate of shipment, and before granting such certificate , shall
require such seaman to lodge with him his certificate of discharge from the last ship ,
and failing the production of such certificate such seaman shall be bound to give
satisfactory explanation to the Harbour Master of the cause of the non-production
thereof,