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ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1874. 1345


Chinese Emigration.

Licences under
[ 2. No Chinese emigrant ship shall clear out or proceed to sea from this Colony unless this section.
the master of such ship shall be provided with a licence under this section . Repealed by
Ordinance No. 6 of 1879.]
Licence from
3. No person shall do any of the acts hereinafter specified in paragraph 8 of this Governor.
[Ibid, sec. 4.)
section , without a licence from the Governor, or unless the owner, agent, or master of
the ship in respect of which such act shall be done shall have obtained such licence.
Forin and
4. Every such licence shall be under the hand of the Governor and the public conditions of
licence.
seal of the Colony and the granting thereof shall be in the discretion of the Governor, [bud , sec. 5.1
and shall be subject to the payment of such fee to the Crown, and to such conditions
as may, in each particular case, be prescribed by the Governor in Council.
Mode of
5. Application for such licence shall be made in writing to the Colonial Secretary, application for
licence.
and shall be transmitted through the emigration officer, and the owner, agent, or Ibid, sec. 6.]
master of the [ Chinese emigrant : repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1879 ] ship in respect of
which such licence is applied for, shall furnish all particulars as to the destination of
the ship, and as to all matters relating to the intended voyage and emigration which
may be required of him.
Punishment
6. All such particulars shall, if so ordered , be certified upon oath before any Justice for furnishing
untrue
of the Peace, and every person who shall knowingly furnish untrue particulars shall be particulars.
Ibid , sec. 7.]
liable to imprisonment with or without hard labor, for any period not exceeding six
calendar months, and to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, either in addition
to or in substitution of such imprisonment.
Power to revoke
7. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Governor at any time before the and cancel
licence.
departure of a [ Chinese emigrant : repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1879 and new words [Ibid, sec. 8.)
substituted] ship :
(a.) That the particulars furnished in relation thereto are untrue ; or
(b.) That further particulars have been discovered since the granting of the
licence ; or

(c.) That any condition of the licence has been violated ,
It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to revoke or vary the licence granted
under this section in respect of such [ Chinese emigrant : repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of
1879 ] ship and to order that the said ship be seized and detained until the said licence
be delivered up to be cancelled , or varied .
Building
8. If any person does any of the following acts within the Colony without having repairing,
equipping,
obtained a licence from the Governor under this section , or without any such licence despatching,
selling, hiring,
as aforesaid having been granted to the owner, agent, or master of the ship in respect &c., &c., with
out licence.
of which such act shall be done, or in contravention of the terms of any such licence if [Ibid, sec. 9.]
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granted, that is to say :

(a.) Builds, alters or repairs, or agrees to build, alter or repair, or causes to
be built, altered or repaired, any ship , with intent or knowledge, or
having reasonable cause to believe that the same will be employed in
the conveyance of Chinese emigrants to be embarked at any port or
place out of the Colony ; or