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1026 ( 12 OF 1888. ] VAGRANCY .

Persons
landing 20. Whenever any person, not a Chinese, lands in this
vagrants in Colony or being a non -commissioned officer or soldier in Her
the Colony to Majesty's Army leaves that army in this Colony under an
pay cost of
femoval, &c. engagement to serve any person , company, or association , or
body of persons in any capacity , and whenever any sailor other
than a Chinese sailor is discharged from his ship in this Colony
and such person , non -commissioned officer, soldier or sailor
becomes chargeable to the Colony as a vagrant within a period
of six months after his arrival here or after his leaving the army
or discharge from his ship as the case may be , then the person,
company, association or body to serve whom he has so landed
in Hongkong, left the army, or, in the case of a sailor, the
person who was at the date of his discharge the owner or agent
of the ship from which such sailor has been so discharged, shall
be liable to pay to the Government the cost of his removal under
this ordinance and all other charges incurred by the Colony in
consequence of his becoming a vagrant.
Shipmaster 21. Every master of a ship landing or allowing to land in
landing
destitutes this Colony any person other than a Chinese who at the time
liable to
defray ex. of his landing is obviously destitute of means of subsistence or
penses. does actually become so within a period of six months froin the
date of landing shall be liable to repay to the Government of
this Colony all costs and charges incurred by the Colony in
consequence of such person becoming a vagrant unless such
master satisfy the Court that he made due enquiry as to the
person so landed or allowed to land, and that he had reason to
believe such person was possessed of means of subsistence.
Owner, &c. 22. In the absence of such master of a vessel the owner,
liable in the
absence of agent, or consignee of such vessel at the time the person who
shipmaster. subsequently became a vagrant was allowed to land shall be
liable to pay the said costs and charges on his behalf.
Recovery of 23. Such costs and charges shall be recoverable by suit as
costs ,
if an express agreement to repay them had been entered into
with the Colonial Secretary by the person, company, associa
tion , body, owner, agent, or consignee chargeable.
Evidence.
24. In any proceeding under this ordinance a certified copy
[* query 8.5.] of the declaration recorded under section 3* shall be primâ facie
evidence that the person named therein has been and that he
was a vagrant at the date of such declaration.
Arrest with 25. Any person apparently a vagrant refusing or failing to
out warrant, accompany, a Police officer to or to appear before a Magistrate
when required to do so for the purposes of this ordinance may
be arrested without warrant and shall be liable on conviction to
imprisonment with hard labour for a period not exceeding one
month .