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10. If the master shall lose, destroy, wilfully deface or refuse to deliver to the coolie upon discharge, the Certifi- cate delivered to him as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police, upon complaint by a coolic and after due inquiries as to the facts, to issue to such coolie a duplicate of such Certificate, and to recover at the Magistracy from the master so acting, a sum not exceeding Five Dollars on the issue of the duplicate: pro- vided also, that if any coolie shall lose bis Certificate and shall satisfy the Captain Superintendent of Police that he has not improperly parted with it, it shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police to issue a fresh Certifi- cato to such coolic, whereupon, the previous Certificate shall be deemed to be cancelled, and any person found to be making any use whatsoever of the cancelled Certificate shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars.

11. On the expiration of Thirty days after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, it shall not be lawful for a master to engage or employ, for any period exceeding forty-eight hours, any coolie who has not been registered under the provisions of this Ordinance, and has not pro- duced his Certificate of Registration to such master, and it shall not be lawful for any coolie who is not registered under the provisions of this Ordinance and does not pro- duce a Certificate of Registration at the time of secking employment, to offer his services to any master or to enter into the employ of any master. Any master or coolic acting in contravention of this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one mouth.

12. Where any agreement of service exists between a master and an unregistered coolie, such agreement, whether in writing or otherwise, shall not be enforceable in uny Court of Law, either by the master or by the coolie.

13. In the absence of any contract to the contrary, every registered coolic shall, by his contract of service, be deemed to have contracted to perform such services as carrying notes, running errands, acting as tennis coolie, and per- forming such other light duties inside and outside the house as he may be called upon by his master to perform.

14. In the absence of any contract to the contrary, the contract of service existing between master and coolie shall be deemed to be a contract of service for one calendar month at the least.

15. Every person employed as a registered coolie who shall neglect his duty, or abscut himself from his duty without the leave of his master, or shall leave his master's service without giving one calendar month's notice to his master, or shall disobey any lawful or reasonable order of his master, or shall use any abusive or insulting language to his master, or shall behave abusively or insultingly to his master, or shall continue to speak in loud tones after having been once requested by his master to desist, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty Dollars, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour,. for a period not execeding three months.

16. Coolies, whilst accompanying their master, or carry- ing their master's chair, or pulling their master's jinricksha, shall observe absolute silence, and no coolie shall at any time or under any circumstances shout or bawl to other persons. Any person infringing the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Ten Dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding fourteen days.

For the purposes of this section and section 15 the word "master" shalt inclnde every non-Chinese adult relative or guest living or being on the premises of such master.

17. Every coolie is prohibited from taking out a licence to ply any public vehicle.

18. Every coolie, whether registered or unregistered, con- victed of an offence against this Ordinance for which no special penalty is provided, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding three months.

19. Every registered coolie more than once convicted of an offence against this Ordinance, shall forfeit his Cer- tificate of Registration, and shall not again be registered as a coolie, and no uuregistered coolie convicted of an offence against this Ordinance shall be registered under this Ordi-

nance.