IMBECILE PERSONS INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE, 1904

IMBECILE PERSONS INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE, 1904

1904.

No. 1 of 1904.

An Ordinance to povide fo7 the recovery of charges incurred
on account of imbecile persons introduced into the Colony.

[26th February, 1904.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Imbecile Persons
Introduction Ordinance, 1904.

2. In this Ordinance,
(a) 'Person' means any passenger by any vessel; and also
any member of the crew of any vessel, and includes all other
persons on board and belonging in any capacity to any vessel;
(b) 'Vessel' includes any ship or boat, or any other
description of vessel used in navigation, British or foreign.

3.-(1) The owAcr, charterer, agent, consignee and master
of every vessel from which is landed without permission from
the Director of Medical Services or Health Officer of the Port
any person not ordinarily resident in the Colony who, being at
the time of landing lunatic, idiotic or imbecile, becomes
within a period of three months from the date of landing a
charge upon the public or upon any public institution, shall be
liable to repay to the Government any expense on account of
such person by reason of his care, maintenance or repatriation,
unless such owner, charterer, agent, consignee or rnaster cail
prove that such person became lunatic, idiotic or imbecile after
embarkation at the port or place from which he shipped :
Provided that such expense shall in no case exceed the sum of
five thousand dollars in the aggregate.
(2) In every case where permission to land any person from
any vessel is refused every such person shall be detained by the
master on board such vessel and shall be prevented, by force if
need be, from landing.
(3) In every case in which permission to land from any
vessel is refused the officer refusing shall give a certificate of
such refusal to the master of such vessel if so required by him.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.





(4) No action shall lie against the master of any vessel or
any person whomsoever for anything done in execution of the
provisions of this Ordinance.

4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to
shipwrecked mariners or other shipwrecked persons brought to
the Colony without charge by the master of a ship other than
that in which they were wrecked, nor to His Majesty's land,
sea and air forces, nor to distressed British seamen, nor to
natives of the Colony, nor to persons of Chinese nationality,
nor to persons deported from China under the provisions of
the Orders in Council applicable to China.

No. 2 of 1904, repealed by No. 34 of 1910.

No. 3 of 1904, repealed by No. 11 of 1930.

No. 4 of 1904, repealed by No. 25 of 1930.

No. 5 of 1904, incorporated in No. 9 of 1899.

Nos. 6 and 7 of 1904, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.
No. 8 of 1904,incorporated in No. 6 of 1885, repealed
by No. 18 Of 1914.

No. 9 of 1904, repealed by No. 31 of 1930.

No. 10 of 1904, repealed by No. 15 of 1906.

No. 11 of 1904, incorporated in No. 4 of 1897.

No. 12 and 13 of 1904, repealed by No. 8 of 1012.

No. 14 of 1904, repealed by No. 19 of 1919.

No. 15 of 1904, incorporated in No. 1 of 1904.

No. 16 of 1904, repealed by No. 2 of 1930.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.





- 1905.

No. 1 of 1905, incorporated in No. 14 Of 1904, repealed
by No. 19 of 1919.

No. 2 of 1965, incorporated in No. 9 of 1897.

No, 3 of 1905, repealed by No. 34 of 1910.

No. 4 of 1905, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.

No. 5 of 1905, incorporated in No. 10 of 1899.

No. 6 of 1905, incorporated in No. 4 of 1897.

No. 7 of 1905, incorporated in No. 1 Of 1845, repealed
by No. 40 of 1932.

No. 8 of 1905, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.

No. 9 of 1905, repealed by No. 34 of 1910.

No. 10 of 1905, repealed by No. 49 of 1935.

No. 11 and 12 of 1905, repealed by No. 8 of 1913.




[Originally No. 1 of 1904. No. 5 of 1928. No. 46 of 1936. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Interpretation. Owner, charterer, etc., liable in certain cases for expenses incurred by the Colony on account of lunatics becoming a charge on the public. master to detain persons on board in certain cases. certificate of refusal of permission to land. No action for anything done in execution of Ordinance. Exceptions. [3.10.30.] [5.12.30] [12.12.30.] [18.1.30.] [6.12.35.]

[Originally No. 1 of 1904. No. 5 of 1928. No. 46 of 1936. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Interpretation. Owner, charterer, etc., liable in certain cases for expenses incurred by the Colony on account of lunatics becoming a charge on the public. master to detain persons on board in certain cases. certificate of refusal of permission to land. No action for anything done in execution of Ordinance. Exceptions. [3.10.30.] [5.12.30] [12.12.30.] [18.1.30.] [6.12.35.]

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