MERCHANT SHIPPING (ALIENS EMPLOYMENT) ORDINANCE, 1922

MERCHANT SHIPPING (ALIENS EMPLOYMENT) ORDINANCE, 1922

No. 8 of 1922.

An Ordinance to restrict the employment of aliens on certain
British ships registered in the Colony of Hong Kong.

[24th March, 1922.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping
(Aliens Employment) Ordinance, 1922.

2.-(1) No alien shall act as master, chief officer or chief
engineer of a British ship of over sixty tons net register tonnage
registered in the Colony: Provided that this prohibition shall
not apply to any person who holds a valid certificate of
exemption granted by the Governor in Council and who
complies with the conditions, if any, attached to such exemption,
or to any alien who has acted as a master, chief officer or chief
engineer of a British ship at any time during the war of 1914
to 1918 and who is certified by the Admiralty to have performed
good and faithful service in that capacity.

(2) No alien shall act in any capacity on board a British
ship of over sixty tons net register tonnage registered in the
Colony, unless he has produced to the officer before whom he is
engaged satisfactory proof of his nationality.

3. Every person who engages an alien within the Colony
for employment on a British ship in contravention of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall also be guilty of an offence
against this Ordinance, and where the person guilty of an
offence is a company, every director and officer of the
company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves
that the act constituting the offence took place without his
consent or connivance.

4. Every, person who is guilty of an offence against this
Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for any
term not exceeding six months.

As amended by No. 4 of 1926 [19.3.26].
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
[Originally No. 8 of 1922. No. 4 of 1926. Law Rev. ord., 1939.] Short title. Employment of aliens in British ships. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 92, s. 5. Persons engaging aliens for employment in contravention of the Ordinance. * Penalties.

[Originally No. 8 of 1922. No. 4 of 1926. Law Rev. ord., 1939.] Short title. Employment of aliens in British ships. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 92, s. 5. Persons engaging aliens for employment in contravention of the Ordinance. * Penalties.

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