ASIATIC EMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1915
Title
ASIATIC EMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1915
Description
No. 30 of 1915.
An Ordinance to aniend and consolidate the law relating to
Chinese Passenger Ships as defined by the Chinese
Passengers Act, 1855, and concerning Asiatic
emigrants generally.
[31st March, 1916.]
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Asiatic Emigration
Ordinance, 1915.
2.--(1) In this Ordinance,
(a) The Act means the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855.
(b) Assisted emigrant means any male emigrant who
intends to labour for hire in some place beyond the limits
of this Colony and who has received assistance in the way of
payment of passage money, subsistence or otherwise order
to enable him to carry out his intention.
(c) Emigrant means any person being a native of Asia
who, unless exempted from the provisions of this Ordinance.,
is carried or is about to be carned as a passenger in any
emigrant ship.
(d) Emigrant ship includes every Hongkong emigrant
ship and every outport emigrant ship.
(e) Emigration Officer as regards this Colony means
the Harbour Master and includes any person duly authorised
by him to perform or assist in performing his duties and as
regards other places includes every person lawfully acting
as Emigration Officer, Immigration Agent or Protector of
Emigrants and every person authorised by the Governor of
any British colony to carry out the provisions of the Act.
The operation of this Ordinance is not limited by the Boarding-house Ordinance,
1917. See No. 23 of 1917, s. 8.
See Proclamation No. 10 of 1916.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
(f) Free emigrant means an emigrant who is not under
any contract of service whatever.
(g) General licence means a licence granted under
section 13.
(h) Hongkong emigrant ship includes every ship carry-
ing from any port in the Colony of Hongkong more than
twenty passengers being natives of Asia.
(i) Long voyage means any voyage, within the meaning
of the Act, which is declared by proclamation by the
Governor to be a voyage of more than thirty days duration.
(j) Master in reference to any ship includes any person
for the time being in command or charge of the same.
(k) Outport emigrant ship includes every British ship
carrying from any port in China or within one hundred
miles of the coast iliereof, other than a port in the Colony of
Hongkong, more than twenty passengers being natives of
Asia.
(l) Outport licence means a licence granted under
section 12.
(m) Passenger means any person who is carried or is
about, to be carried in any emigrant ship other than the
master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants.
(n) Ship includes all sea-going, vessels.
(o) Short voyage means any, voyage, within the mean-
ing of the Act, of more than seven days duration but not
exceeding thirty days duration and any other voyage which
may be declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a
short, voyage.
(p) Special licerice means a licence granted under
section 14.
(2) Any emigrant ship clearing out or proceeding to
sea on any voyage to any port for the purpose of com-
mencing at or from such port any short or long voyage
shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea
upon the said last-mentioned voyage from the Colony or
from a port in China or within one hundred miles of the
coast thereof, as the case may be.
3. Save in so far as the provisions of the Act are ex-
pressly modified by the provisions of this Ordinance, nothing
contained in the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
deemed to affect the operation of the provisions of the Act.
4.-(1) The provisions of this Ordinance respecting ships
carrying emigrants and respecting the treatment of such
emigrants therein while at sea shall be deemed to be regula-
tions made under section 2 of the Act in substitution for
the regulations contained in Schedule A to the said Act.
(2) The form of Emigration Officer's certificate contained
in the First Schedule to this Ordinance shall in the case of
any ship under special licence be substituted for the form
of the Emigration Officers's certificate contained in Schedule
B to the Act.
(3) The form of bond contained in the Second Schedule
to this Ordinance shall be substituted for the form of bond
contained in Schedule C to the Act.
5. -Nothing contained in the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be deemed in the case of any ship which is being
regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under
contract with the government of the state or colony for
which such mails are carried or of any other ship which is
approved by the Governor as a 1st class ship to apply to
passengers who being natives of Asia are travelling or are
about to travel on the same terms as non-Asiatic passengers
in the 1st class of any such ship or in the 1st or 2nd class
of any such ship if such ship carries more than two classes
of passengers.
PART II.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO SHIPS CARRYING EMIGRANTS.
6. The master of every ship arriving within the waters
of the Colony with more than twenty emigrants on board
or intended for carrying frorn the Colony more than twenty
emigrants shall, within twenty-four hours from the arrival
of his ship, report such arrival to the Emigration Officer.
7. The owners or charterers of any emigrant ship about
to proceed on any voyage, or, if they are absent, their,
respective agents, shall, as soon as such ship is laid on for
the conveyance of emigrants, give notice in writing of the
fact to the Emigration Officer specifying in such notice the
name, destination, and probable time of departure of such
ship.
8.-(1) No emigrant ship shall clear out or proceed to
sea on any voyage without a certificate from the Emigration
Officer.
(2) Such certificate shall be in the form required by the
Act or, in the case of a ship under a special licence, in the
form contained in the First Schedule.
9. No emigrant ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on
any voyage and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the
certificate unless the master of such ship is provided with
a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public
seal of the Colony or under the hand and seal of an Emigra-
tion Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned.
10.-(1) A licence granted under the provisions of this
Ordinance may be-
(a) a general licence granted under section 13;
(b) a special licence granted under section 14;
(c) an outport licence granted tinder section 12.
(2) Such licences shall be in the respective forms con-
tained in the Eleventh Schedule.
* See s. 49 for penalty.
As amended by Law Rev, Ord., 1924.
11. Whenever any emigrant ship is about to proceed to
sea from the Colony on any long or short voyage, the owners
or charterers of such ship, or, if they are absent from the
Colony, their respective agents, shall, before such ship is
laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, apply in writing
to the Colonial Secretary for a licence under the hand of
the Governor and the public seal of the Colony for the
conveyance of such emigrants.
12. Whenever any outport emigrant ship, which is not
provided with a licence covering her intended voyage is
abwit to proceed with emigrants from any port in China, or
within one hundred miles of the coast thereof, other thart a
port in the Colony of Hongkong, on any short voyage, the
owners or charterers of such ship, or, if they are absent,
their respective agents, shall, before such ship is laid on for
the conveyance of emigrants, apply in writing to the Emigra-
tion Officer at such port for a licence under his hand and
seal for the conveyance of stich emigrants on the intended
voyage only.
13. The Governor may grant to any vessel a general
licence for any period, or for any number ofyoyages or for
voyages between any specified ports.
14. The Governor may grant a special licence for any
period not exceeding twelve mouths, or for any number of
voyages to be performed within twelve months, between any
specified ports, to any ship which is being regularly employed
in the conveyance of public mails under contract with the
government of the state or colony for which such mails are
carried, or to any other ship which is approved by the
Governor as a 1st class ship.
115. The grant of a general or special licence shall be in
the absolute discretion of the Governor, and the grant of an
outport licence shall be in the absobite discretion of the
Emigration Officer.
16. No licence shall be issued until-
(a) the master of the ship in respect of which application
is made for a licence shall have entered into a joint and
several bond with two sufficient sureties approved by an
Emigration Officer in the sum of one thousand pounds in
the form contained in the Second Schedule:
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
(b) the owners or charterers, or, if they are absent from the
Colony, their respective agents, shall have furnished, on oath
if required, all the particulars specified in the Third Schedule
as necessary on application for the form of licence applied
for, and all other particulars relating to the intended
emigration that may be required by an Emigration Officer:
(C) the owners or charterers, or their respective agents, or
the master of the ship, shall have paid to the Emigration
Officer the fee for the licence applied for, which shall be
fifteen dollars in the case of a general licence or a special
licence, and five dollars in the case of an outport licence:
(d) such other conditions shall have been complied with
as may have been prescribed by the Governor or the
Emigration Officer as the case may be.
17. No emigrant ship shall carry any emigrants except
free emigrants.
18. The number of passengers which may be carried on
any ship which has a special licence shall not exceed one
passenger for every ten tons of the registered tonnage of the
ship.
19. Every outport licence shall specify the period within
which the ship shall clear out and proceed to sea, and the
ship shall clear out and proceed to sea within the period
specified : Provided that it shall be lawful for the Emigration
Officer to extend such period in the case of any outport
licence granted hy him.
20.-(1) Any general licence may be revoked by the
Governor if it appears to his satisfaction at any time that
ally of the particulars furnished in respect of the said licence
were untrue, or that there has been any breach of any con-
dition of the said licence, or that there has been any other
contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Any special licence may be revoked at any time by
the Governor in his absolute discretion.
(3) Any outport licence may be revoked by an Emigration
Officer at the port where silch outport licence was issued if
it, appeals to the satisfaction of such Emigration Officer that
any of the particulars furnished in respect of the said licence
were untrue, or that there has been any breach of any
condition of the said licence, or that there has been any
other contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(4) In every case in which a licence is revoked by the
Governor or by an Emigration Officer, it shall be lawful for
the Governor or the Emigration Officer, as the case may be,
to order that the ship be seized and detained until the
emigration papers of the said ship, if already granted, are
delivered up to be cancelled.
21. In case it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Governor
in Council, at any time before the departure of any emigrant
ship proceeding on any voyage, that the master, mate, or
any other officer of such ship is unfit for the proper discharge
of his duties by reason of incompetency or misconduct or
for any other sufficient cause, it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by order under his hand, to direct the dismissal
or removal of such master, mate, or other officer from the
said ship, and thereupon the owners or charterers thereof, or
their agents, shall forthwith dismiss or remove such master,
mate, or other officer, as the case may be, and appoint another
in his place, to be approved by an Emigration Officer, in the
place of the one so dismissed or removed as aforesald.
22.-(1) All etnigrant ships clearing out or proceeding to
sea on any short voyage under a general or outport licence
shall be subject to the regulations contained in the Fourth
Schedule.
(2) All emigrant ships clearing out or proceeding to sea
on any short voyage under a special licence shall be subject
to the regulations contained in the Fifth Schedule
(3) All emigrant ships clearing out or proceeding to sea
on any long voyage shall be subject to the regulations con-
tained in the Sixth Schedule.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
PART III.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMIGRANTS.
23. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Part such, or
such class or party of, assisted emigrants and upon such
conditions and for such period as may be in the opinion of
the Governor in Council desirable.
(a)-Medical inspection.
24. It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint any duly
qualified persons as medical officers for the purposes of the
Act and of this Ordinance,.
25. No emigrant ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on
any voyage, until a duly appointed medical officer shall have
certified to the Emigration Officer, and such Emigration
Officer shall not grant his certificate unless he is satisfied,
that none of the emigrants, passengers or crew appear, by
reason of any bodily or mental disease, unfit to proceed or
likely to endanger the health or safety of other persons
about to proceed in such ship.
26. A medical inspection of the emigrants, passengers and
crew for the purposes of giving such certificate shall take
place either on board such ship, or, in the case of emigrants,
at the discretion of the Emigration Officer, at such time, and
on shore, before embarkation, as he may appoint.
27. A medical inspection of assisted emigrants shall take
phace on shore before embarkation as well as oil board the
ship after embarkation and the Emigration Officer shall not
grailt his certificate unless he is satisfied that such double
inspection has been duly made or has been dispensed with by
the sanction of the Governor.
28. The medical inspection of emgrants required to be
made after their embarkation in any emigrant ship shall take
place at such time as the Emigration Officer may appoint.
29. Any medical officer appointed under the provisions of
this Ordinance for the inspection of intending emigrants and
the supervision of matters and things relating to the comfort
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
and well-being of such emigrants before their departure and
on their voyage, shall be entitled to charge and the master,
owner or charterer of the ship carrying or about to carry
emigrants in respect of which or whom such inspection or
supervision is effected shall pay to such medical officer such
fees as may from time to time be prescribed by the Governor
in Council.
30. Any Chinese medical practitioner shall be eligible,
with the approval of the Governor, for the office of surgeon
of any ship for the purposes of the Act or of this Ordinance.
(b)-Provisions relating to passage brokers.
31.-(1) No person shall act as a passage broker or in
procuring emigrants for, or in the sale or letting of passages
in, any emigrant ship proceeding on any voyage unless he
has, with two sufficient sureties, to be, approved by the
Secretary for Chinese Affairs, entered into a joint and several
bond in the sum of five thousand dollars to His Majesty, His
Heirs and Successors, according to the form in the Seventh
Schedule, which bond shall be renewed on each occasion of
obtaining such licence as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be
deposited with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs; nor unless
such person has obtained a licence to let or sell passages;
nor unless such licence is then in force.
(2) Where different members of the same firm act as
passage brokers, each person so acting shall comply with the
terms of this section.
32. Any person wishing to obtain a licence to act as a
passage broker shall make application for the same to the
Secretary for Chinese Affairs who is hereby authorised, if he
thinks fit, to grant such licence, according to the form in the
Eighth Schedule: Provided always that no such licence shall
be granted unless such bond as is mentioned in section 31
has been first entered into: Provided, also, that any
magistrate who adjudicates on any offence committed by
such broker against this Ordinance is hereby authorised to
order the offender's licence to be forfeited, and the same shall
thereupon be forfeited accordingly: and the said magistrate
making such order shall forthwith cause notice of such
forfeiture, in the form in the Ninth Schedule, to be transmitted
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and such forfeiture
shall be exclusive and independent of any other punishment
which may be inflicted upon such offender under the
provisions of this Ordinance.
33. Every person obtaining such licence as aforesaid shall
pay to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs a fee of two hundred
dollars, or where the duration of the licence is short such
reduced fee as the Governor in Council may authorise.
34. Such licence shall continue in force until the 31st day
of December in the year in which such licence is granted,
and for fourteen days afterwards, unless sooner forfeited as
hereinbefore mentioned.
35. Every passage broker who contracts with any intend-
ing emigrant for a passage in any ship shall forthwith give
notice in writing to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and to
the Emig ration Officer of every such contract, specifying the
name, age, and sex of such emigrant and the name of such
ship.
36-(1) Every passage broker who receives money from
any emigrant for or in respect of a passage in any emigrant
ship proceeding on any voyage shall give to such emigrant
a passage ticket, under the hand of such passage broker and
stamped with his seal or trade mark.
(2) Every such ticket shall be printed in a plain and legible
type, according to the form in the Tenth Schedule, and shall
be accompanied with a translation thereof in the Chinese
language, in plain and legible characters.
37. Every passage broker, before he receives or takes
any money on account of any passage or for the sale or letting
of the whole or any part of the accommodation of or in any
such ship, shall produce to the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs the certificate of the master or owner of the ship in
respect of which a passage has been taken or the accommoda-
tion in which has been so sold or let, to the effect that such
ship has been chartered for the purpose of carrying emigrants,
and that such passage broker is authorised to receive payment
for such passage or for the sale or letting of the accomodation.
in such ship; and such certificate shall be filed in the office
of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord, 1924.
38.-(1) Every passage broker who has engaged to
provide an emigrant with a passage shall, either personally
or by his duly authorised representative, attend with such
passenger at such place and time as may be appointed by
the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and in the presence of
the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or of such officer as the
Secretary for Chinese Affairs may appoint the true intent
and meaning of such passage ticket shall be explained to
such emigrant with the object of ascertaining that such
emigrant understands where he is going and that such
emigrant is not acting under compulsion and is not being
influenced to emigrate by false representations.
(2) In the absence of any appointment by the Secretary
for Chinese Affairs, the said attendance, in the case of all
female emigrants, and in the case of all male emigrants
who either are assisted emigrants or appear to the Secretary
for Chinese Affairs to be under the age of sixteen years, shall
take place at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs,
and in the case of all other emigrants shall take place on
board the emigrant ship.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to direct
that any of the provisions of this section may be dispensed
with in the case of emigrants travelling to any British
possession.
39. No person shall fraudulently alter or cause to be altered,
rendered useless, or destroyed, after it is once issued, or shall
fraudulently induce any person to part with, or render useless,
or destroy, any such passage ticket, until the termination of
the passage which it is intended to evidence.
40. No licensed passage broker shall, as agent for any
person, whether a licensed broker or not, receive money for
or on account of the passage of any emigrant on board an
emigrant ship, without having a written authority to act as
such agent, or, on the dernand of the Emigration Officer,
refuse or fail to exhibit his licence and such written authority.
41.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs or the Emigration Officer, at any time when he is
satisfied that any emigrant who is unwilling to leave port
has been obtained by any fraud, violence, or other improper
means, to land such emigrant and procure him a passage
back to his native place or that from which he was taken,
and also to defray the cost of his maintenance whilst awaiting
a return passage.
(2) All such expenses, with all legal costs in curred, shall
be recoverable by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or
Emigration Officer before any magistrate from the emigra-
tion passage broker of the vessel in which su6h emigrant
was shipped or intended to be shipped.
(c)-Provisions as to emigration boarding-houses.
42.-(1) No assisted emigrant shall, without the sanction
of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, be permitted to embark
in this Colony in any emigrant ship on any voyage unless he
has been lodged in a boarding-house licensed under this
Ordinance during a period of not less than forty-eight hours
previous to the examination by the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs.
(22) No person shall accommodate any assisted emigrant
except in a boarding-house for assisted emigrants licensed
under this Ordinance.
43.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs to license a sufficient number of fit and proper persons
to keep boarding-houses for assisted emigrants.
(2) Every such licence shall be granted for such period
not exceeding twelve months, and on payment of such fee
and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by
any rules to be made under section 44.
(3) Every boarding-house keeper licensed under this
Ordinance shall enter into a bond in the sum of one thousand
dollars, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the
Secretary for Chinese Affairs, for the due observance of such
terms and conditions.
44.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council
to make rules for the licensing, regulation, and sanitary
maintenance of such boarding-houses, and with regard to all
persons residing therein, and by such rules to require such
registers or other books to be kept as he may deem expedient.
(2) All such rules, when made, shall be published in
the Gazette and, when so published, shall be as valid and
binding as if contained in this Ordinance.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. See s. 55 for penalty.
45.-(1) The keeper of every such boarding-house shall
supply the Secretary for Chinese Affairs with a return of all
emigrants who are inmates of the house, giving their
number, names, descriptions and such other particulars as
the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may direct together with the
name of the emigrant ship by which they intend to proceed.
(2) Such return must be supplied at least twenty-four
hours before the examination by the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs and shall be in such forin as he may direct.
46.-(1) The keeper of every licensed boarding-house
froin which any assisted emigrant is to be shipped or in the
case of every male emigrant under the age of sixteen years
and of all female emigrants the passage broker who provides
the passage shall attend at the office of the Secretary for
Chinese Affairs or other place appointed for the examination
to be held by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and shall
then furnish the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or such officer
as the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may appoint, with two
copies of the photograph of every such emigrant, with the
names, ages and number of the said emigrants, numbered to
correspond with a list containing the names, ages, sex,
destination, occupation and any other particulars which may
be required by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs concerning
each emigrant entered thereon together with the name of
the ship by which each emigrant intends to sail and the date
of departure.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Secretary for Chinese Affairs
to employ photographers to furnish the photographs required
by this section.
PART IV.
PENALTIES.
47. Except where otherwise expressly prescribed under
the provisions of this Ordinance, every person who con-
travenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
48. Every person who contravenes any of the provisions
of any regulation contained in the Schedules to this Ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of a misdem eanor.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
49. The master of any ship failing or neglecting to
comply with the provisions of section 6 shall upon summary
conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six
months.
[ss. 50 and 51, rep. No. 21 of 1922.]
52. Every person who
(1) makes or attempts to make any fraudulent use of a
certificate granted under the provisions of this Ordinance;
or
(2) forges, counterfeits, alters, or erases the whole or any
part thereof; or
(3) uses or attempts to use any spurious or fraudulent
certificate, and every person aiding and abetting in such
offence; or
(4) by any fraud or false representation as to the size of
a ship or otherwise or by any false pretence whatsoever
induces any person to engage a passage in any emigrant
ship ; or
(5) falsely represents any assisted emigrant to be a non-
assisted emigrant,
shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on
indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one
year and to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.
53. Every person who-
(1) unlawfully, either by force or fraud, takes away or
detains against his will any person with intent to put him
on board any emigrant ship; or,
(2) with any such intent, receives, or harbours, or enters
into any contract for foreign service with any person so
taken away or detained,
shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof shall
be liable, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for
any term not exceeding seven years.
As amended by Law Rey. Ord., 1924.
* 54. Every person who falsely and deceitfully personates,
or aids and abets in falsely and deceitfully personating, an
emigrant or intending emigrant at any attendance before
or examination by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or
any officer appointed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs
or an Emigration Officer, required by this or any other
enactment for the time being in force relating to Asiatic
emigration, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding
two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any
term not exceeding six months.
55.-(1) Every person who commits any contravention
of any rule made under the provisions of section 44 shall be
guilty of an offence and shall upon summary conviction be
liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars in respect
of such contravention.
(2) The keeper of any hotel or boarding-house who
knowingly furnishes any false or incorrect return or other
particulars required of him, or who obtains or attempts
to obtain by fraud, intimidation, or force, the shipment
of any emigrant or intending emigrant, and every person
who aids or abets such keeper in so doing, shall upon
summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
ing one year.
(3) Any such keeper and his sureties shall also be liable
to the enforcement of his and their bond, and the licence of
such keeper may be suspended or cancelled by the Secretary
for Chinese Affairs.
56. The owners or charterers of any emigrant ship and
any emigration passage broker, and any intending emigrant
by any such ship, and any master or other person in charge
of any such ship who fails to comply with or commits any
breach of the provisions of this Ordinance so far as they
may respectively be bound thereby, and any person grant-
ing or knowingly uttering any forged certificate, permit,
notice, or other document under this Ordinance shall,
without prejudice to any other proceeding, civil or criminal,
be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding six months. -
* As amended by Law Rev. Qrd., 1924.
PART V.
MISCELLANFOUS.
57. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
apply the whole or any part of the penalties recoverable
under section 5 of the Act for the non-observance or non-
performance of the regulations made under this Ordinance
or the Act towards the expenses of reconveying to their
homes or transferring to another ship emigrants who were
intending to proceed in any vessel whose licence has been
revoked In manner hereinbefore provided.
58. Particulars or any of such required to be furnished
under any of the provisions of section 16 shall, if so ordered
by an Emigration Officer, be verified upon oath or declara-
tion before an Emigration Officer or justice of the peace who
are bereby authorised to administer such oath or declaration.
59. The forms in the Schedules to this Ordinance or
forms to the like effect, with such variations and additions
as circumstances may require, may be used for the purposes
therein indicated and according to the, directions therein
contained, and instruments in those forms shall (as regards
the form thereof) be valid and sufficient.
[ss. 60 and 61, rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]
Schedules. [s. 59.]
FIRST SCHEDULE. [ss. 4(2) and 8(2).]
FORM OF EMIGRATION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE FOR
SHIPS UNDER SPECIAL LICENCE.
I, A.B., Emigration officer for
do hereby certify as follows:-
1. That the ship , A.B, master, is specially licensed
under the provisions of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.
2. That the said ship is licensed to carry adult emigrants, of
whorn none are to he under any contract of service whatever.
Dated this day of 19
(Signed)
Emigration Officer.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
SECOND SCHEDULE. Ps. 4(3) and 16.]
FORM OF BOND TO BE GIVEN BY THE MASTER OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.
Know all men by these presents that we, A.B., of . and
C.D., of , and E.F., of are held and firmly
bound unto Our Sovereign Lord King George V in the sum of one thousand
pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto Our
said Sovereign Lord the King, His Heirs and Successors ; to which pay
ment, well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us jointly,
and severally for and in the whole, our heirs, executors, and administrators,
and every of them, firmly by these presents, seated with our seals.
Dated this day of ,19
Now the condition of this obligation is that if (in respect of the ship
whereof is master) all and every the
requirements of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, and of the Asiatic
Emigration Ordinance, 1915, and of the regulations contained in the
Schedules to the said Ordinance shall be well and truly performed [in like
manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in case the said
ship were a British ship, and the said were a British
subject] (a) then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full
force and effect.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bounden
and and in the presence of
THIRD SCHEDULE. [s. 16.]
PARTICULARS REQUIRED ON APPLICATION FOR A GENERAL,
SPECIAL, OR OUTPORT LICENCE.
Name of ship ............................................................
Nationality of ship . .......................................................................
Registered tonnage ........................................................................
Name of owners ............................................................................
Name of charterers (if any) .............................................................
Name of acents ............................................................................
Name of master .............................................................................
Intended voyage or voyages, .........................................................
....................................................................
Number of emigrants to he conveyed :-
Assisted .................................................
Other than assisted .....................................
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
(For outport licences only, in addition to the above.)
Proposed time of departure ........................
..................................
I the undersigned hereby apply for a (a) ..........................................
licence under the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, for the above ship
for (b) .......................................................................................
..................
(Signature) .............................................
(c) Owners, charterers or agents.
1 (d) .......................................................................................
of (e) ...............................................
do solemnly swear that the above particulars are true.
.......................
Sworn by the within-named
................
................
this ........day
of ..........19
Before me
Justice of the peace or Emigration Officer.
(a) Insert, gencral, special, or outport.
(b) State Period, number of voyages, voyage.
(c) Strike out all but one.
(d) Insert name.
(e) Insert address and description (e.g., merchant).
FOURTH SCHEDULE. [ss. 22 (1).]
REGULATIONS RESPECTING SHIPS UNDER GENERAL OR
OUTPORT LICENCE ON SHORT VOYAGES.
1. No emigrant ship licensed under general or outport licence under the
provisions of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, shall clear out or
proceed to sea on any short voyage unless the master thereof has received
from an Emigration Officer a copy ot these regulations and a certificate in
the form in the Appendix to these regulations, nor until the master has
entered into the hond in the form set out in the Second Schedule to the said
Ordinance.
2. No Emigration Officer shall be bound to give such certificate until
seven days after receiving from the owners or charterers of the ship, or, if
they are absent, from their respective agents, an application in writing for
the same and a notice that the ship is laid on for the conveyance of
emigrants.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
3. After receiving such application, the Emigration Officer, and any
person authorised by him in that behalf, shall be at liberty at all times to
enter and inspect the ship, and the fittings, provisions, and stores therein ;
and any person impeding such entry or inspection, or refusing to allow the
same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for each
offence.
4. The following conditions as to the accommodation of emigrants shall
be observed to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer :-
(1) that the ship is in a state of perfect cleanliness and if necessary has
been disinfected ;
(2) that the space appropriated to the emigrants between decks is clean,
properly lighted and ventilated, and contains at the least 9 superficial and
54 cubic feet on the upper between decks and 18 superficial and 126 cubic
feet of space on the lower between decks for every adult emigrant on board,
that is to say, for every emigrant above 12 years of age and for every 2
emigrants between the ages of 1 and 12 years ; and that the height between
decks is at least 6 feet
(3) that the accommodation for female emigrants between decks is
separate from that provided for male emigrants
(4) that a space of 4 superficial feet per adult is left clear on the upper
deck for the use of the emigrants
(5) that sufficient latrines, both as to condition and number, are pro-
vided in suitable parts of the ship ;
(6) that a reasonable space is set apart, properly divided and fitted up,
as a sick-bay or hospital ; and
(7) that in the meastirement of the passenger docks for the purpose of
determining the number of emigrants to be carried in any such ship, the
space for the sick-bay or hospital shall be included.
5. No part of the cargo or of the provisions, water, or stores shall he
carried on the upper deck, or on the passenger decks, unless, in the opinion
of the Emigration Officer, the same is so placed as not to impede light or
ventilation or to interfere with the comfort of the emigrants nor unless the
same is stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer
and the space thereby occupied or rendered unavailable for the accommoda-
tion of the emigrants shall be deducted in calculating the space by which
the number of passengers is regulated.
6. The Emigration Officer may, in his discretion, permit emigrants to be
carried as deck passengers, on such conditions as may from time to time
be prescribed under instructions from one of His Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State, and, until and subject to such instructions, on the
conditions following :-
(1) a suitable awning with. screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient
for the protection of such emigrants carried as deck passengers from the
sun and from rain ;
(2) the space appropriated to such emigrants carried as deck passengers
shall contain at the least 16 superficial feet for every adult, that is to say,
for every emigrant above 12 years of age and for every 2 emigrants
between 1 and 12 years of age ; and
(3) in case emigrants are carried as deck passengers in addition to other
emigrants for whom accommodation between decks is provided, the space
to he appropriated for sneb emigrants carried a., deck passengers shall he
reckoned exclusively of the space of 4 superficial feet per adult required
to he left clear on the upper (leek for the use of such other emigrants.
7. The following conditions as to provisions shall be observed, to the
satisfaction of the Emicration Officer
(1) provisions, fuel, and water shall be placed on board, of good quality,
properly packed, and sufficient for the use and consumption of the emi-
grants, over and above the victualling of the crew, during the intended
voyage, according to the following scales
Scale of Chinese
per day.
Rice or bread stuffs .. 1 1/3 lbs.
Dried and/or salt fish 1/3 lbs.
Chinese condiment and curry stuffs,....1 oz.
Fresh vegetables, which will keep
for short voyaces, suell
potatoes, turnips, and } 1 1/3 lbs.
carrots,
pumpkins,
Firewood ............2 Ibs.
Water (to be carried in tanks or sweet
casks) ...............1 gallon.
Seale for Indians.
per day.
Atta or rice ..........1 2/3 lbs.
Fresh vegetables, which will keep
for short voyages, sueb as sweet
potatoes, onions, turnips carrots, 3/4 lb.
and pumpkins,
Ghee, .................4 oz.
Salt, ................... 1/2 oz.
Sugar, ................2 OZ.
Tea, .......................... 1/3 oz
Chillies, .............1/6 oz.
Tunnerie, ..............1/6 oz.
Garlie, ................... 1/6 oz.
Ginger ............... 1/3 oz.
Firewood . ..........2 lbs.
Water ............................. 1 gallon.
(2) the last preceeding condition as to provisions shall be deemed to
have been complied with in any case where, by the special authority of the
Emigration Officer, any other articles of food have been substituted for the
articles enumerated in the foregoing scale, as being equivalent thereto; and
(3) the emigrants may supply their own provisions for the voyage, and
proper accommodation for the stowage and sufficient eabooses for the cooking
of such provisions must be allowed.
8. The Emigration Officer shall not give his certificate unless he is
satisfied-
(1) that the ship is seaworthy, clean, and properly manned, equipped,
fitted, lighted, and ventilated, and hits not on board any cargo likely, from its
quality, or mode of stowage, to prejudice the health or safety of the
emigrants;
(2) that suitable medicines and medical stores, provisions, fuel,and water
have been placed on board, of good quality, properly packed, and sufficient
in quantity to supply the emigrants on board during the intended voyage
(3) that all the requirements of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915,
have been complied with ; and
(4) that the intending emigrants who are males under the age of sixteen
years or females have been passed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
9. The Emigration Officer may at any time enter and inspect the ship
and the accommodation, provisions, and stores provided for the emigrants,
and may require the master or any other person to produce the licence and
the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after
inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the emigrants.
10. The Emigration Officer may in all cases if any of the emigrants are
in bad health or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if there is reason
to suspect that fraud or violence has been practised in their collection or
embarkation, detain the ship, and, if he thinks fit, order all or any of the
emigrants to be re-landed.
11. The Emigration Officer may, if he thinks fit, before granting bis
certificate, employ any duty qualified medical practitioner, master inariner,
marine surveyor, or other person whose professional assistance and advice
he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of
the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, have been duly complied with, and
the costs and charges of obtaining such assistance and advice shall he
defrayed by the owners or charterers of the ship, whether the Emigration
Officer grants his certificate or not.
12. The Governor in Council shall from time to time fix a reasonable
scale of fees and charges, to be approved by one of His Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State, for the remuneration of any professional persons who
may be employed under regulation 11 of these regulations, and, pending the
approval or disapproval of such scale, the fees and charges therein specified
shall be payable, as if the same had been approved in manner aforesaid.
13. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay such fees for
the remuneration of the Emigration Officer as may, from time to time, he
ordered under instructions from one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State, and, until and subject to such instructions, the following fees shall
be payable in addition to all fees and charges payable under regulation 12
of these regulations:-
1. upon every application for a certificate $25
Provided that for an Emigration Officer's certificate delivered at a second
port on the same. voyage for a ship which has already received a certificate
at the first port the fee shall be only $12.50: Provided, also, always that
no fees be payable to the Emigration Officer of this Colony, but in lieu
thereof the following stamp duties are hereby imposed : that is to say
1. upon every application for a certificate under regulation 2,
a stamp duty of ..................$ 1
2. upon every certificate granted under regulation 1, a stamp
duty of ..........................$ 1
and any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to stamps shall be
read as if the stamp duties hereby imposed were inserted in the Schedule
thereof.
14. In case default is made by the owners or charterers of the ship in the
payment of any fees, costs, or charges to which they may be liable under
the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, and these regulations, the ship
may he detained by the British Consul, dr if in this Colony by the
Governor, until such fees, costs and charges shall have been paid.
15. The Emigration Officer may withhold his certificate or revoke the
same at any time before the departure of the ship, if it appears, to his
satisfaction, that any particulars contained in the application in writing
which has been made for the same, or any other particulars which may have
been furnished to him by or on behalf of the owners, charterers, or master
of the ship in relation thereto, are untrue, or that the requirements of the
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, have not been complied with ; and in
every such case it shall be lawful for the British Consul, or if in this Colony
for the Governor, to seize and detain the ship until the certificate, if already
granted, has been delivered up to be cancelled.
16. The master of every emigrant ship, being a British ship and proceed-
ing on any short voyage, shall, during the whole of the intended voyage,
Make issues of provisions, fuel, and water, according, to the aforesaid scale,
to all the emigrants except such as have supplied themselves therewith, and
shall not make any alteration, except for the manifest advantage of the
emigrants, in respect of the space allotted to them as aforesaid or in respect
of the means of ventilation, and shall not ill-use the emigrants or require
them (except ill case of necessity) to help in working the ship ; and shall
issue medicines and medical comforts, as may be requisite ; and shall call at
stich ports as may be mentioned in the Emigration Officer's clearing
certificate for fresh water and other necessaries ; and shall carry the
emigrants without unnecessary delay to the destination to which they are
bound.
17. Before the arrival of any such British ship at the port for which the
emigrants have embarked, the master shall cause the emigrants to be
mustered for the purpose of ascertaining that there are none on board who are
not in possession of an emigration passage ticket and included in the
Emigration Officer's certificate and detailed list of emigrants ; if any such
are found, it shall be the duty of the master to hand them over to the proper
authority to be dealt with according to law.
18.-(1) The master of every such British ship shall, within twenty-four
hours after his arrival at the port of destination and at any port of call,
produce his emigration papers to the British Consul, if any, at such port,
or if such port is in His Majesty's dominions, then the master of such ship
shall produce the said papers to any officer appointed or authorised by the
local Government in that behalf.
(2) It shall be lawful for such Consul or other officer to enter and inspect
such ship, and in case the master obstructs or refuses to assist him in the
discharge of such duty, or without reasonable cause fails to produce his
emigration papers as aforesaid, he shall be liable to a fine of five hundred
dollars, and the ship may be detained by the British Consul, or, if in His
Majesty's dominions, by the local Government, until such fine has, been paid
and the emigration papers have been given up.
19. In all ports and places where no Emigation Officer has been appointed,
the British Consul shall, until such appointment and at all times during the
vacancy of such office, be deemed to be the Emigration Officer for the
purposes of these regulations.
20. All emigrant ships must be provided with boats and life-saving,
appliances in accordance with the provisions of Table A of the Merchant
Shipping Ordiuanee, 1899, as if they were sea-going ships having passenger
certificates under section 10 of the said Ordinance, and every emigrant ship
shall carry a fire engine or force pump with sufficient hose to reach fore and
aft and at least three dozen fire buckets.
APPENDIX.
Form of Einigration officer's
I, A. B., Emigration Officer at the port of
hereby certify as follows
(1) that the ship C.D., master, of
the port of is within the provisions of an Ordinance of
the legislature of Hongkong, entitled the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance,
1915, and that the said ship is authorised to proceed to sea from the port of
for the port of
(2) that the ship is authorised to carry adult, emigrants
and that there are on board [if any are entigrants carried as
deck passengers, add: of whom are emigrants carried as
deck passengers] making in all adult emigrants, namely,
men, women, male children, and female
children, such children being between the ages of one and twelve years
(3) that the ship is in a state of perfect cleanliness:
(4) that the space set apart and to be kept clear for the use of such
emigrants is as follows :-on the upper deck superficial feet,
being [describe space] and in the between deck superficial
feet, being [describe space];
(5) that the ship is seaworthy, and properly manned, equipped, fitted,
lighted, and ventilated, and has not on board any cargo likely, from its
quality, quantity, or mode of stowage, to prejudice the health or safety
of the emigrants. The means of ventilating the emigrants' accommodation
between decks are as follows :-[describe space] ;
(6) that suitable medicines and stores, provisions, fuel, and water have
been placed on board, of good quality, properly packed, and sufficient in
quantity to supply the emigrants on board during the intended voyage
(7) that all the condition and requirements of the said Ordinance have
been duly complied with ;
(8) that none of the said emigrants are under any contract of service
whatever, and that no fraud appears to have been practised in collecting
such emigrants ,
(9) that the intending emigrants who are males under the age of sixteen
years or females have been passed hy the Secretary for Chinese Affairs
and
(10) that the master of the ship is to put, into for water
and fresh vegetables.
Dated the day of 19
(Signed.) A.B.,
Emigration Officer at thp port of
FIFTH SCHEDULE. [s. 22 (2).]
REGULATIONS RESPECTING SHIPS UNDER SPECIAL LICENCE
ON SHORT VOYAGES.
No ship licensed under special licence under the provisions of the
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, shall clear oul or proceed to sea until
the master thereof has received from the Emigration Officer a copy of these
regulations, and a certificate in the form contained in the First Schedule to
the said Ordinance, which copy and certificate, with any documents to he
attached thereto, shall be signed by the Emigration Officer, nor until the
master has, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Emigration
Officer, entered into a joint arid several bond in the sum of one thousand
pounds to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the form contained in
the Second Schedule to the said Ordinance.
2. The following conditions as to the accommodation of emigrants shall
he observed:-
(1) the space appropriated to the emigrants between decks shall be
properly ventilated and shall contain at the least 9 superficial and 54 cubic
feet of space for every adult emigrant on board, that is to say, for every
emigrant above 12 years of age and for every 2 emigrants between 1 and
12 years of age ; the height between decks shall be at least 6 feet;
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
(2) the accommodation for female emigrants between decks shall be
separate from that provided for mate emiRgrants ;
(3) a space of 4 superficial feet per adult shall be left clear on the upper
deck for the use of emigrants ; and
(4) a reasonable space shall be set apart as a sick-bay, and sufficient
latrines, both as to condition and number, shall be provided in suitable
parts of the ship.
3. Emigrants may be carried as deck passengers, at seasons allowed by
law, on such conditions as may from time to time be prescribed under
instructions from one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and,
until and subject to such instructions, on the conditions following
(1) a suitable awning with screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient
for the protection of such emigrants carried as deck passengers from the
sun and from rain:
(2) the space appropriated to such emigrants carried as deck passengers
shall contain at the least 16 superficial feet for every adult, that is to say,
for every emigrant above 12 years of age and for every 92 emigrants
between 1 and 12 years of age ; and
(3) in case emigrants are carried as deck passengers in addition to other
emigrants for whom accommodation between deeks is provided, the space
to be appropriated for such emigrants carried as deck passengers shall he
reckoned exclusively of the space of 4 superficial feet per adult required to
be left clear on the upper deck for the use of such other emigrants.
4. The followitic, conditions as to provisions shall be observed
Provisions, facl, and water shall be placed on board, of good quality,
properly packed, and sufficient for the use and consumption of the
emigrants, over and above the victualling of the crew, during the intended
voyage, according to the following scales:-
Scale for Chinese.
per day.
Rice or bread stuffs 1 1/3 lbs.
Dried and/or salt fish 1/3 lb.
Chinese condiments and curry stuff, 1 oz.
Fresh vegetables, which will keep
for short voyages, such sweet 1 1/3 lbs.
potatoes, turnips, carrots, and
pumpkins . ...............................
Firewood .................. 2 lbs.
Water, (to be carried in tanks or sweet
casks), . ............. 1 gallon.
or according to a scale at least equivalent to
the foregoing.
Sealefor Indians.
per day.
Atta or rice ..............12, Ibs.
Fresh vegetables, which will keep for short
voyages, such as sweet potatoes, onions, 3/4 lb.
turnips, carrots, and pumpkins, ................
Ghee ......................4 oz.
Salt ...................... 1/2 oz.
Sugar . ...................2 oz.
Tea .............1 .........OZ.
Chillies ....................... OZ.
Turmeric ..................J- OZ.
Garlic . .................. oz.
Gin-er .................... OZ.
Firewood ........------ ...2 lbs.
Water ........................................................................ 1 gallon.
5.-(1) The Emigration Officer may at any time enter and inspect the
ship and the accommodation, provisions, and stores provided for the
emigrants, and may require the master or any other person to produce the
licence and the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary
after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the emigrants.
(2) If in any such case the Emigration Officer discovers that the number
of emigrants on board or intended to be carried upon that voyage exceeds the
number authorised by the licence, or that any condition of the licence or
any of these regulations has been broken, he may detain the ship until the
emigrants in excess of the legal number are, landed or until the condition of
the licence or the regulation in question is fully complied with, and he shall
forthwith report the circumstances to the Governor.
6. The master of every British ship shall, on demand, produce his
emigration papers to the British Consul at any port to which the licence
extends, or, in case such port is in His Majesty's dominions, to any officer
appointed or authorised by the local Government in that behalf.
7. All emigrant ships must be provided with boats and life-saving
appliances in accordance with the provisions of Table A of the Merchant
Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as if they were sea-going ships having passenger
certificates under section 10 of the said Ordinance, and every emigrant
ship shall carry a fire engine or force pump with sufficient hose to reach
fore and aft and at least three dozen fire buckets.
SEXTH SCHEDULE. [s. 22 (3).]
REGULATIONS RESPECTING SHIPS UNDER LICENCE ON LONG VOYAGES.
1. No emigrant ship licensed under the provisions of the Asiatic Emigra-
tion Ordinance, 1915, shall clear out or proceed to sea on any long voyage
unless the master thereof has received from an Emigration Officer a copy
of these regulations and a certificate in the form provided in Schedule B to
the Act, nor until the master has entered into a bond in the form provided
in Schedule C to the Act.
As anien~ed by Law Rev. Ord., 1924,
2. No Emigration officer shall be bound to give such certificate until
seven days after receiving from the owners or charterers of the ship, or, if
they are absent, from their respective agents, an application in writing for
the same and a notice that the ship is laid on for conveyance of emigrants
and of her destination and date of sailing nor unless there are on board a
medical officer and interpreter duly approved of by such Emigration Officer.
3. After receiving such application and notice, the Emigration Officer
and any person authorised by him in that behalf, shall he at liberty at all
times to enter and inspect the ship and the fittings, provisions and stores
therein, and any person impeding such entry or inspection or refusing to
allow the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred
dollars for each offence.
4. The following conditions as to the accommodation of emigrants shall
be observed to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer:-
(1) that the ship is seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, fitted,
lighted and ventilated, that she is in a state of perfect cleanliness and that
she has if necessary been disinfected :
(2) that the space appropriated to the ernigrants between decks contains
at the least 12 superficial and 72 cubic feet of space for every adult on
board, that is to say, for every emigrant above 12 years of age, and for
every 2 emigrants between 1 and 12 years of age ; and the height
between decks is at least 6 feet;
(3) that the accommodation for female emigrants between decks is
separate from that provided for male emiurants
(4) that a space of 5 superficial feet per adult is left clear on the upper
deck for the use of emigrants
(5) that sufficient latrines, both as to condition and number, are provided
in suitable parts of the ship ;
(6) (a) that there is a sufficient space, properly divided off and located
to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, to be
used exclusively as a hospital which shall in no case be of less dimensions
than 18 clear superficial feet for every 50 emigrants whom the ship
carries ;
(b) that every such hospital shall be fitted with bed places and supplied
with proper beds, bedding and utensils, to the satisfaction of the Emigration
Officer at the port of clearance, and shall throughout the voyage be kept so
fitted and supplied
(7) in the measurement of the passenger decks, for the purpose of
determining the number of emigrants to be carried in any such ship, the
space for the sick-bay or hospital shall he included ;
(8) that provisions, fuel and water have been placed on board, of good
quality, properly packed, and sufficient to supply the emigrants on board
during the declared duration of the intended voyage according to the
following scales:-
Seale for Chinese.
,Rice .................................... 1 11). per day.
Salt beef *
Salt pork
Salt fish ........011 alternate (lays.
Fresh beef or inutton, in
tirls .............
Salted vegetables
Pickles .
Fresh ve-ctables, such as
SWeet potatoes, ollioi]S, 2
turnips, carrots, and
pumpkins . ....... J
Water ..........3 Imperial qts. per day.
Firewood .......2 Ibs.
Tea ..............oz.
Lime or lemon juice, and
sugar ..........2 OZ. per week.
NOTE.-Fresh vegetables to be issued during the first mouth of the
voyage only, nuless the master shall obtain a fresh sopply en, route when
these articles may be again supplied in the above proportion.
Scalefir Adians.
peg. day.
Atta or rice ........11 lbs.
Fresh vegetables ....OZ.
Ghee ................4 oz.
Salt . ................oz.
S ugar ..............2 oz.
Tea ................. oz.
Chillies ........... L oz.
Turmeric . ............OZ.
6
Garlic ............. 1 oz.
6
Ginger . ............1 oz.
Water ..3 Imperial quarts.
Firewood ................................................ 2 Ibs.
vol.5 1913-1923 2385 vol. 5 1913-1923 2386 vol. 5 1913-1923. 2387
Disinfectants, &c.
gals. gals. gals. gals. gals.
Commercial carbolic acid or in lien of
this equal quantities of Jeyes' fluid or
Esset's fluid . .....10 15 1.5 20 2 05
Chloride of Lime . ..28 lbs. 42 lbs. 56 lbs. 56 lbs. 60 lbs.
Sulphur for fumigation 14 ,, 18 ,, 18 20 25
Lint . ..............2 2 75 4 4 6
Absorbent cotton wool, 2 2 15 4 4 6
Instraments awd Appliances.
*One complete amputating case of instruments.
*One pocket dressing case of instruments.
One hypodermic syringe.
*One silver catheter.
One case of gum elastic or rubber catheters.
Two pairs of dressing scissors.
One Lliygirisoti's Enema Syringe.
One stomach tube with glass funnel.
One Macintyre Splint.
One set of Cline's Splints.
Bandages, leg and arm, 2 doz.
Bandages, flannel, 2
Bandages, triangular, 1
Calico for bandages,3 yards.
Flannel for bandages, 3 ,
Three 2 oz., 4 oz., and 8 oz. measure glasses.
Two dozen medicine bottles, 6 oz. and 10 oz.
Scales and weights (grain), dispensing, one set.
One brass dressing syringe.
Two srnall glass syringes.
One pestle and mortar (Wedgewood).
One spatula.
Two metal or earthenware bed pans.
One spirit lamp.
One set of test tubes.
Litmus paper, 4 books.
Dispensary paper, one quire.
Blank labels, 6 dozen.
One set of midwifery instruments including long forceps.
One female catheter and one set of tracheotomy instruments.
1. All volatile medicines and acids shall be put in strong stoppered
bottles, and the acids shall be carefully packed in a small case with sand or
sawdust.
2. Chloroform should be in blue glass bottles or covered from light by
dark paper.
3. All the drugs, &c., shall be properly labelled and the quantities
clearly marked on each article.
4. Poisons shall be specially distinguished.
*5. Only to be provided if there is any person on board competent to use
them.
6. Only required if women and children accompany the coolies.
MEDICAL COMFORTS.
For 100 For 200 For 300 For 400 For more
than 400
men. men. men. men.
2 i 2 2.
tins. tins. ~ins. ti 11 s. tins.
Condensed milk of ap-
proved quality, 20 20 30 30 40
2 gals. 3 gals.
Brandy . ........ai. c
...............1 g, 1 gal. 2 gals.
Linic juice . .2 3 4 4
Arrowroot . ...7 bs 7 lbs. 10 lb 10 14 lbs.
(10) that all the requirements of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915,
liave been complied with ; and
(11) that the intending emigrants who are males under the age of sixteen
years or females have been passed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
5. No part of the cargo or of the provisions, water, or stores shall be
carried on the upper deck or on the passenger decks, unless, in the opinion
of the Emigration Officer, the same is so placed as not to impede light or
ventilation or to interfere with 1he comfort of the emigrants nor unless the
same is stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer;
and the space thereby occupied or rendered unavailable for the accom-
modation of the emigrants shall be deducted in calculating the space by
which the number of passengers is regulated.
6. The master of every emigrant ship, being a British shipand proceeding
on any long voyage, shall during the whole of the intended voyage make
issues of provisions, fuel and water, according to the aforesaid scale, and
shall not make any alteration, except for the manifest advantage of the
enhigrants, in respect of space allotted thein as aforesaid, or in respect of the
means of ventilation, and shall not ill-use the emigrants or require them
(except in case of necessity ) to help in working the vessel and shall issue
medicines and medical comforts, as shall be requisite, to the best of his
judgment, and shall call at such ports as may be mentioned in the Emigra-
tion Officer's clearing certificate for fresh water and other necessaries ; and
shall carry the emigrants without unnecessary delay to the destination to
which they are bound.
7. The Emigration Officer shall not give his certificate until he shall have
mustered the emigrants and have ascertained to the best of his power that
they understand whither they are going. If any of the emigrants are in bad
health or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if there is reason to suspect
that fraud or violence have been practised in their collection or embarkation,
lie may detain the ship and, if he shall think fit, may order all or any of the
emigrants to he re-landed.
8. All emigrant ships must be provided with boats and life-saving
appliances in accordance with the provisions of Table A of the Merchant
Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as if they were sea-going ships having passenger
certificates under section 10 of the said Ordinance, and every emigrant ship
shall carry a fire engine or force pump with sufficient hose to reach fore and
aft and at least three dozen fire buckets.
9. Each emigrant ship shall carry the following small stores:-
SMALL STORES.
Brooms ..............24 for every 100 eini,-lrants.
Lanterns with locks ... 2 Y Il
Cooking spades .......3 jY I,
Meat choppers ........3 55 51
Chopping boards ......3 17
Wood choppers ........1
Rice baskets .........10
Iron dishes, 18 inches 10
Rubbish tubs .........4
A bed, blanket and pillow for cacb person the hospital can accommodate.
12 Blue lights, and 12 Rockets.
10. Before the Emigration Officer can muster the emityrants, he must be
furnished with an emigration list in the form following:-
List of emigrants oil board the ship of the burden
of ..tons, of which is master for the present voyage which
belongs to the port of ..is to sail from Hongkong on
the day of ......... 19 ,and is bound to the final port-of
.........................consisting of made adults ..................
female adults male children .and ......female children
under twelve years of age, making a total of emigrants, said
steamer being entitled, under the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, and the
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, to carry emigrants.
Name of Surgeon . .......................................
NUffle Of Interpreter .....................................
Male. Fernale. U J5:
G9
Fi
Age. 1 Age.
SUMMARY.
iAdults. Children. Total.
J
j
Emigrant .....................................
European . i
First Class,
Non-European ........
European . .............
Second Class,
Non-European, .......
European ..i
Steerage,
Non-European ........
Total passengers ...................
Crew, including master and all persons on ship's articles, .........
Total number of souls on board ...................
Victoria, Hongkong, the.: ...day of * 19
Master . ....Ship
SEVENTH SCHEDULE. [s. 3]
FORM OF EMIGRATION PASSAGE BROKER'S ANNUAL BOND,
WITH TWO SURETIES TO BE APPROVED BY THE
SECRETARY FOR CHINEsE AFFAIRS.
Know all men by these presents, that we, A.B.,* of
C. D., of and E.F., of
are held and firmly bound unto Our Sovereign Lord King George V in
the sum of five thousand dollars, to be paid to Our said Sovereign Lord
the King, His Heirs and Successors ; to which payment well and truly
to be made we bind ourselves, and every of us jointly and severally, our
heirs, executcrs and administrators, and the heirs, executors, and ad-
ministrators of each of us, and each and every of them, firmly by these
presents, sealed with our seals.
Dated this day of 19
Insert personal and family names in full, with the occupation and address of
each of the parties.
Whereas by the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, it is amongst other
things enacted that no person shall carry on the business of a passage
broker in Hongkong, in respect of any emigrant ship, or shall be in
anywise concerned in the sale or letting of passages in any such ship,
unless such person has, with two good and sufficient sureties to be approved
of by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, previously entered into a joint and
several bond to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the sum of
five thousand dollars ; and whereas the said C.D. and E.F. have been
approved of by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as sureties for the
said A.B.:
Now the condition of this oblioation is that if the above-boundon A.B.
shall well and truly observe and comply with all the requirements of the
said recited Ordinance, so far as the same relate to passage brokers, and
further, shall well and truly pay all fines, forfeiture, and penalties, and
also all snins of money, by way of subsistence money, or of return passsage
money, and compensation to any passenger, or on his account, and also all
costs wbich the above-houndon A.B. may at any time be adjudged to pay
under or by virtue of any of the provisions of tho. said recited Ordinance or
of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, of the Imperial Parliament, then
aild in sneh case this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full
force.
Signed, sealed, and delivered,
by the above-bounden A.B., C.D.,
and E.F., in the presence of *
EIGHTH SCHEDULE. ls. 32.]
FORM OF EMIGRATION PASSAGE BROKER'S LICENCE.
A.B., of having shown, to the satisfaction of me, the undersigned,
that he has given bond to His Majesty, as by the Asiatic Emigration
Ordinance, 1915, is required : I, the undersigned, do hereby license and
authorise the said A.B. to carry on the business of a passage broker in
Hougkong, in respect of emigrants on board emigrant ships proceeding
from Hongkong, until the end of the present year and fourteen days after-
wards, unless this licence is sooner determined by forfeiture for misconduct
on the part of the said A.B. as in the aforesaid Ordinance is provided.
Given under my liand and seal this day of ,19 .
(Signed.)
[L.S.]
Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
Insert the names and addresses in full of the witnesses.
The personal and family names in full of the person applying for the licence with
his address and trade or occupation, must be correctly inserted.
NINTH SCHEDULE. [s. 32.]
FORM OF NOTICE TO BE GIVEN TO THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE
AFFAIRS OF THE FORFEITURE OF A LICENCE.
Hongkong, , 19 .
SIR,-This is to give you notice that the licence granted on the
day of , 19 , to A.B.,* of to act as an emigration
passage broker, was on the day of 19 , duly
declared by me the undersigned magistrate to be forfeited.
(Signed.)
Magistrate.
To the Hon. Secretary for Chinese Aflairs.
Victoria, Hongkong.
TENTH SCHEDULE. [s. 36 (2).]
FORM OF PASSAGE TICKET,
I hereby engage that the Asiatic named at foot hereof shall be provided
with a passage to, and shall be landed at the port of in
in the ship called the with not
less than 72 cubic feet and 12 superficial feet for berth accommodation, or,
in the case of a ship with a special licence, 54 cubic feet and 9 superficial
feet, and shall he victualled according to legal requirements during the
voyage, and the term of detention at any place before its determination, for
the sum of dollars, and I hereby acknowledge to have
received the sum of dollars in full payment.
Male. Female.
Nalne and sur- 1 i Ixative place,
name Of Occupation.village, and
emigrant. Age. A-e. district.
Victoria, Hongkong, the day of 19
(Signed.)
Psage broker.
The personal and family names in full, with the address and trade or occupation
of the party, to be here inserted.
Here state severally the reasons of forfeiture.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
I hereby certify that I have explained and registered the above passage
ticket.
Victoria, Hongkong, the day of 19
(Signed.)
Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
Note-Should the above-named ship not be able to proceed on the
proposed voyage, a passage is to be provided in some other ship licensed
for the conveyance of emigrants.
ELEVENTH SCHEDULE. [s. 10 (2).]
FORMS OF LICENCE.
General licence.
Audit No .............
G. R.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.
General licence.
(Ordinance No. 30 of 1915, s. 13.)
WHEREAS .................have applied for a general
licence in respect of the ship .........................................................
and have furnished the particulars required by or under the provisions of
the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, AND WHEREAS the master of
the said ship has entered into the bond required by the said Ordinance
NOW THEREFORE I
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same
DO HEREBY GRANT to the said ship a general licence for (a)
............................................................................. to carry any number of fee
emigrants not exceeding between the 1st day of June and the
15th day of October in any year and not exceeding between the
16th day of October and the 31st day of May in any year subject to all the
conditions and provisions imposed by the said Ordinance and by the
Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, and subject, also to the following conditions
(b) ...... ........
..........................
Dated the ...............day of 19
Governor.
Fee: $15.00.
(a) Mention the period, number of voyages, or specified ports, as the case may be,
in accordance with section 13 of the Ordinance.
(b) Here add any other conditions prescribed under section 16 (d) of the Ordinance.
(Counterfoil.)
Audit No ..................
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.
General licence.
(Ordinance No. 30 of 1915, s. 13.)
Name of ship .................................
Nationality of ship ........................................................................
Name of owners. charterers or agents ................................................
..........................................
Maximum number of emigrants :-
1st June to 15th October ............................................................
16th October to 31st May ............................................................
Fee : $15.00 received.
..............
Shroff .
Date of issue .... 19
Reference :-
Harbour Master Letter No .............(Emigration) dated 19
Special licence.
Audit No. ................
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.
Special licence.
(Ordinance No. 30 of 1915, s. 14.)
WHEREAS .............................................................................
have applied for a special licence in respect of the ship ...........................
........ and have furnished the particulars
required by or under the provisions of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance,
1915, AND WHEREAS the master of the said ship has entered into the
bond required by the said Ordinance NOW THEREFORE I
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony
of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same DO
HEREBY GRANT to the said ship a special licence for (a) ..................
............... to carry any number of free
emigrants not exceeding ..................between .
and subject to all the conditions and provisions imposed by
the said Ordinance and by the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, and also to the following conditions (b) ...................................................
...........................................
Dated the day of 19
.................. Governor.
Fee : $15.00.
(a) Mention the period or number of voyages, as the case may be, in accordance
with section 14 of the Ordinance.
(b) Here add any other conditions prescribed under section 16 (d) of the Ordinance.
(Counterfoil.)
Audit No .............
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.
Special Licence.
(Ordinance No. 30 of 1915, s. 14.)
Name of ship ..............................................................................
Nationality or ship ........................................................................
Name of owners, charterers or agents .................................................
...............................
Maximum number of emigrants ........................................................
Period or number of vo aues .........................................................
Ports between which ship may ply .................................................
Fee : $15.00 received.
..............................
Date of issue ....19
Reference :--
Harbour Master Letter. No (Emigration) dated ....19
Outport licence.
G. R .
Chinese Passengers Act, 1855.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915,
Outport licence.
(Hongkong Ordinance 30 of 1915, s. 12.)
WHEREAS .............................. have applied for an outport
licence in respect of the ship ............................................................
and have furnished the particulars required by or under the provisions of
the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, AND WHEREAS the master
of the said ship has entered into the bond required by the said Ordinance
NOW THEREFORE .................................................................
Emigration Officer at the port of ........ ......
DO LIEREBY GRANT to the said ship an outport licence to carry any
number of free emigrants not exceeding on a voyage from
.................to subject to all the conditions and provisions
imposed by the said Ordinance and by the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855,
and subject also to the following conditions:-
(1) The said ship shall clear out and proceed to sea before ..................
(2) (a)
Dated the ...............day of 19
Emigration Officer at the port of ...........................
Fee : $5.00.
(a) Here add any other conditions prescribed under section 16 (d) of the Ordinance.
(Counterfoil.)
CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, (Hongkong).
Outport Licence.
(Hongkong Ordinance No. 30 of 1915, s. 12.)
Port .........................................................................................
Name of ship .................................................................
Nationality of ship ........................................................................
Name of owners, chartcrers or agents .................................................
......................................
Maximurn number of emigrants .........................................................
Destination ..................................................................................
Period within which ship must clear out and proceed to sea .....................
...........................................
Fee : $5.00 received.
......................
Date of issue ..... 19
[Originally No. 30 of 1915. No.21 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924] 18 & 19 Vict. c .104. Interpretation. Act. Assisted emigrant. Emigrant. Emigrant ship. Emigration Officer. [s. 2 contd.] Free emigrant. General licence. Hongkong emigrant ship. Long voyage. Master. Outport emigrant ship. Outport licence. Passenger. Ship. Short voyage. Special licence. Voyage from the Colony to other port whence emigration voyage commences. Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, operative except where expressly modified by this Ordinance. Legislation specially authorised by the Act. Substitution of provisions of Ordinance for Schedule A to the Act: i.e., the regulations as to ships and emigrants. Substitution in certain cases of special form of Emigration Officer's certificate for Schedule B to the Act. First Schedule. Substitution of a form of bond for Schedule C to the Act. Second Schedule. Exemption of Asiatics travelling 1st or 2nd class on mail or other approved ship. Masters of emigrant ship to report ship's arrival in waters of the Colony. Notice of intended to be given to Emigration Officer. No emigrant ship to go to sea without certificate. Form of certificate. First Schedule. No certificate to be granted and no emigrant and no emigrant ship to go to sea without licence. Licence: different kinds of : General. Special. Outport. Forms of licence. Eleventh Schedule. General or special licence : time and mode of application for. Outport licence : time and mode of application for. General licence : power of Governor to grant. Special licence : power of Governor to grant. Issue of licence discretionary. Conditions precedent to issue of licence. Second and Third Schedules. Emigrant ship to carry only free emigrants. Limitation on number of passengers to be carried by any ship with a special licence. Period to be fixed for clearance in outport licence. Revocation of licence. Power to remove master or other officer. Ships under general or outport licence for short voyage subject to regulations in Fourth Schedule. Ships under special licence for short voyage subject to regulations in Fifth Schedule. Ships licensed for long voyage subject to regulations in Sixth Schedule. Power to Governor in Council to exempt wholly or partly from Part III approved assisted emigrants. Power to Governor to appoint medical officers. No ship to proceed to sea without medical certificate of health. Medical inspection: where and when held. Medical inspection of assisted emigrants. Time for medical inspection after embarkation. Fees of medical officer. Right of Chinese medical practitioner to be surgeon of ship. Prohibition of person acting as passage broker without having entered into bond and obtained licence. Seventh Schedule. Mode of obtaining passage broker's licence, and forfeiture thereof. Eighth and ninth Schedules. Fee to be paid for licence. Duration of licence. Giving of notice of contract with emigrant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs and Emigration Officer. Giving of contract ticket for passage. Tenth Schedule. Production to Secretary for Chinese Affairs of certificate of chartering ship for carrying emigrants. Explanation of passage ticket to emigrant. Prohibition of alteration of passage ticket. Authority of passage broker to act as agent. Power to land emigrant who is unwilling to leave port and who has been procured by fraud. Prohibition of emigrant embarking otherwise than from licensed boarding-house. Licensing of boarding-houses. Power to make rules for boarding-houses. Furnishing return of particulars of emigrants before embarkation. Furnishing photographs of certain emigrants. Employment of photographers. Penalty for contravention of Ordinance. Penalty for contravention of regulations. Penalty for contravention of section 6. Penalties: fraudulent use of certificate; counterfeiting certificate; use of spurious certificate; fraudulent inducement to emigrate; false representation as to emigrant. Penalty for improperly obtaining emigrant. [cf. No. 3 of 1890, s. 85.] Penalty for personation of emigrant. Penalty for contravention of rule made under section 44, furnishing false return, fraudulent shipment, etc. General penalty. Application of penalty for breach of the Ordinance recoverable under the Act. Particulars under section 16 may be required to be given under oath. Use of forms. Schedules. (a) The words within brackets to be inserted only in the case of a non-British ship. Prohibition of ship departing without certificate. Application for certificate and notice. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Inspection of ship. Accommodation of emigrants. Stowage of cargo provisions, etc. Conditions as to carriage of emigrants as deck passengers. [Fourth schedule contd.] Conditions as to provisions. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Conditions precedent to grant of certificate. Power of Emigration Officer. Detention of ship if any emigrants ill or in certain other circumstances. Power to employ medical men, surveyor, and others. Fees of professional persons employed. Fees of Emigration Officer. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Ordinance No. 8 of 1921. Power to detain ship for non-payment of fees, etc. Withholding of certificate etc., in case of false particulars furnished. Treatment of emigrants at sea. Mustering of emigrants by master. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Production of emigration papers at port of destination. British Consul deemed Emigration Officer where no such Officer is appointed. Life-saving and fire appliances. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. [Reg. 1.] Prohibition of ship departing without certificate. Accommodation of emigrants. [Fifth Schedule contd.] Conditions as to carriage of emigrants as deck passengers. Conditions as to provisions. Powers of Emigration Officer. Production of emigration papers at port of destination. Life-saving and fire appliances. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Prohibition of ship departing without certificate. [Sixth Schedule contd.] Application for certificate and notice requisite. Inspection of ship. Accommodation of emigrants. [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] Stowage of cargo, provisions, etc. Treatment of emigrants at sea. Mustering of emigrants by Emigration Officer. [Sixth Schedule contd.] Life-saving and fire appliances. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Small stores. List of emigrants. [Eleventh Schedule contd.] [Eleventh Schedule contd.]
Abstract
[Originally No. 30 of 1915. No.21 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924] 18 & 19 Vict. c .104. Interpretation. Act. Assisted emigrant. Emigrant. Emigrant ship. Emigration Officer. [s. 2 contd.] Free emigrant. General licence. Hongkong emigrant ship. Long voyage. Master. Outport emigrant ship. Outport licence. Passenger. Ship. Short voyage. Special licence. Voyage from the Colony to other port whence emigration voyage commences. Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, operative except where expressly modified by this Ordinance. Legislation specially authorised by the Act. Substitution of provisions of Ordinance for Schedule A to the Act: i.e., the regulations as to ships and emigrants. Substitution in certain cases of special form of Emigration Officer's certificate for Schedule B to the Act. First Schedule. Substitution of a form of bond for Schedule C to the Act. Second Schedule. Exemption of Asiatics travelling 1st or 2nd class on mail or other approved ship. Masters of emigrant ship to report ship's arrival in waters of the Colony. Notice of intended to be given to Emigration Officer. No emigrant ship to go to sea without certificate. Form of certificate. First Schedule. No certificate to be granted and no emigrant and no emigrant ship to go to sea without licence. Licence: different kinds of : General. Special. Outport. Forms of licence. Eleventh Schedule. General or special licence : time and mode of application for. Outport licence : time and mode of application for. General licence : power of Governor to grant. Special licence : power of Governor to grant. Issue of licence discretionary. Conditions precedent to issue of licence. Second and Third Schedules. Emigrant ship to carry only free emigrants. Limitation on number of passengers to be carried by any ship with a special licence. Period to be fixed for clearance in outport licence. Revocation of licence. Power to remove master or other officer. Ships under general or outport licence for short voyage subject to regulations in Fourth Schedule. Ships under special licence for short voyage subject to regulations in Fifth Schedule. Ships licensed for long voyage subject to regulations in Sixth Schedule. Power to Governor in Council to exempt wholly or partly from Part III approved assisted emigrants. Power to Governor to appoint medical officers. No ship to proceed to sea without medical certificate of health. Medical inspection: where and when held. Medical inspection of assisted emigrants. Time for medical inspection after embarkation. Fees of medical officer. Right of Chinese medical practitioner to be surgeon of ship. Prohibition of person acting as passage broker without having entered into bond and obtained licence. Seventh Schedule. Mode of obtaining passage broker's licence, and forfeiture thereof. Eighth and ninth Schedules. Fee to be paid for licence. Duration of licence. Giving of notice of contract with emigrant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs and Emigration Officer. Giving of contract ticket for passage. Tenth Schedule. Production to Secretary for Chinese Affairs of certificate of chartering ship for carrying emigrants. Explanation of passage ticket to emigrant. Prohibition of alteration of passage ticket. Authority of passage broker to act as agent. Power to land emigrant who is unwilling to leave port and who has been procured by fraud. Prohibition of emigrant embarking otherwise than from licensed boarding-house. Licensing of boarding-houses. Power to make rules for boarding-houses. Furnishing return of particulars of emigrants before embarkation. Furnishing photographs of certain emigrants. Employment of photographers. Penalty for contravention of Ordinance. Penalty for contravention of regulations. Penalty for contravention of section 6. Penalties: fraudulent use of certificate; counterfeiting certificate; use of spurious certificate; fraudulent inducement to emigrate; false representation as to emigrant. Penalty for improperly obtaining emigrant. [cf. No. 3 of 1890, s. 85.] Penalty for personation of emigrant. Penalty for contravention of rule made under section 44, furnishing false return, fraudulent shipment, etc. General penalty. Application of penalty for breach of the Ordinance recoverable under the Act. Particulars under section 16 may be required to be given under oath. Use of forms. Schedules. (a) The words within brackets to be inserted only in the case of a non-British ship. Prohibition of ship departing without certificate. Application for certificate and notice. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Inspection of ship. Accommodation of emigrants. Stowage of cargo provisions, etc. Conditions as to carriage of emigrants as deck passengers. [Fourth schedule contd.] Conditions as to provisions. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Conditions precedent to grant of certificate. Power of Emigration Officer. Detention of ship if any emigrants ill or in certain other circumstances. Power to employ medical men, surveyor, and others. Fees of professional persons employed. Fees of Emigration Officer. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Ordinance No. 8 of 1921. Power to detain ship for non-payment of fees, etc. Withholding of certificate etc., in case of false particulars furnished. Treatment of emigrants at sea. Mustering of emigrants by master. [Fourth Schedule contd.] Production of emigration papers at port of destination. British Consul deemed Emigration Officer where no such Officer is appointed. Life-saving and fire appliances. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. [Reg. 1.] Prohibition of ship departing without certificate. Accommodation of emigrants. [Fifth Schedule contd.] Conditions as to carriage of emigrants as deck passengers. Conditions as to provisions. Powers of Emigration Officer. Production of emigration papers at port of destination. Life-saving and fire appliances. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Prohibition of ship departing without certificate. [Sixth Schedule contd.] Application for certificate and notice requisite. Inspection of ship. Accommodation of emigrants. [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] [Sixth Schedule contd.] Stowage of cargo, provisions, etc. Treatment of emigrants at sea. Mustering of emigrants by Emigration Officer. [Sixth Schedule contd.] Life-saving and fire appliances. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Small stores. List of emigrants. [Eleventh Schedule contd.] [Eleventh Schedule contd.]
Identifier
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Edition
1923
Volume
v5
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 30 of 1915
Number of Pages
41
Files
Collection
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Citation
“ASIATIC EMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1915,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 18, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/1296.
