MERCHANT SHIPPING (ALIENS EMPLOYMENT) ORDINANCE

MERCHANT SHIPPING (ALIENS EMPLOYMENT) ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 80.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (ALIENS EMPLOYMENT).

To restrict the employment of aliens on certain British ships
registered in the Colony of Hong Kong.

[24th March, 1922.]

1. Tbis Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Aliens
Employment) Ordinance.

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 lie is engaged satisfactory
proof of his nationality.

3. Any 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, 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. Any person who is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for six months.
Originally 8 of 1922. Fraser 8 of 1922. 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 8 of 1922. Fraser 8 of 1922. 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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