STOWAWAYS ORDINANCE, 1903

STOWAWAYS ORDINANCE, 1903

No.5 of 1903

An Ordinance to provide for the more effecutal prevention
of frauds on owners and charterers of ships by stowa-
ways, their aiders and abettors.

[24th June, 1903.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Stoweaways Ordi-
nance, 1903.

[s.2, rep. No.12 of 1912.]

3. Every person found on board any ship with intent to
obtain a passage therein without the consent of the owner,
charterer, agent, master, or other person in charge thereof,
and every person arriving in this colony on board any ship
who, without the consent of the owner, charterer, agent or
master, or other person in charge thereof, has obtained a
passage therein, and the aider and abetter of every such
person, shall respectively upon summary conviction be liable
to a fine not nexceeding one thousand dollars, and to im-
prisonment not exceeding nine months.

4. Every person so on board any such ship may be
detained and may be handed over to the police and be taken
without a warrant before a magistrate.

5. The onus of proving the required consent shall lie
upon the accused.

No.6 of 1930.

An ordinance to give effect to an Order in Council of the
12th day of march, 1903, relating to the marriages of
British subjects in foreign countries.

[11th July, 1903.]

WHEREAS His Majesty the King, by virtue of the authority vested in
him by the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, and with the advice of His
privy council, has been pleased, by an Order in council dated the
12th day of March, 1903, to order that certain modifications of the
requirements of the said Act as to residence and notic shall have
effect in cases where one only of the parties has dwelt within the
district of the marriage officer mentioned in the said Act and the
other of such parties has dwelt in a colony, provided that the law
of such colony shall give effect to such Order in council; AND
WHEREAS it is expedient to give effect within this colony to such
order in council;
[Originally No. 5 of 1903. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Penalties on stowayways and their aiders and abettors. [cf. No. 3 of 1890, s. 85.] Power to detain and take before magistrate. Onus of proof. [Originally No. 6 of 1903. No. 7 of 1914. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] 55 & 56 Vict.c. 23, s. 21.

[Originally No. 5 of 1903. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Penalties on stowayways and their aiders and abettors. [cf. No. 3 of 1890, s. 85.] Power to detain and take before magistrate. Onus of proof. [Originally No. 6 of 1903. No. 7 of 1914. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] 55 & 56 Vict.c. 23, s. 21.

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