CHINESE EMIGRATION AMENDMENT ORDINANCE
Title
CHINESE EMIGRATION AMENDMENT ORDINANCE
Description
Chinese Emigration Amendment.
No. 1 of 1876
An Ordinance to amend the Law, relating to Chinese Passenger Ships and
the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants.
[27th March, 1876.]
WHEREAS by section 5 of ' The Chinese Emigration Consolidation
Ordinance,.
1874,' it is enacted' that no Chinese passenger ship, egeept'ships shout
to proceed
E° on a, voyage of not more than thirty days' duration within the meaning
of section 8 of
Ordinance, Ordinance, shall shall clear out or proceed to sea, and the
emigration office-r shall .
not grant the certificate prescribed by section 4 of `The Chinese
Passengers' -Act,
uess the master of such ship shall be provided with a licence under the
hand :of the
- t `~ GoTernor and the public seal of the Colony to be obtained in
manner.hereinafter
~~ mentioned'; and paragraph 2 that it shall be lawful fur the Governor
in Council,
'from time to time, to exempt from the operation of this section, any
mail steamers
~~ or other vessels which are subject to the provisions of `Tho Chinese
'Passengers
' Act, 185,' provided that the Chinese passengers proceeding in such
vessels ,'free.
' emigrants and under no contract of service whatever'; and whereas it is
expedient
that every Chinese passenger ship should, be provided with a licence, and
that the fee
ORDINANCE No: 1 of 1876.
Chinese Emigration Amendment.
chargeable upon such licence should be reduced, and that the law should
be amended,
as hereinafter provided: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of
Hongkong, with
tile advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. y
The following portions of section 5 of ' : The Chinese Emigration
Consolidation
Ordinance, 1874,' are hereby repealed, viz.:-
Paragraph 1. The words ' except ships about to proceed on a voyage of not
''more than thirty days' duration within the meaning of section 8 of
' this Ordinance.'
Paragraph 2. The whole.
Paragraph 3. The words ' and shall also furnish, the like particulars
where
', any exemption is applied for under paragraph 2 of this section.'
2. The fee payable upon the granting of a licence shall henceforth be
five dollars Reducing the
fees for licences.
only; and in any reprint of the said Ordinance the said sum may be
inserted in
paragraph 5, section v in place of the ' one hundred dollars ' therein
mentioned.
1419
Repealing part of
section b of
Ordinance b of
1874.
3. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, grant to any mail
steamer or General licences
to mail steamers,
other vessel general licence for any period, or for any number of
voyages, or for `
voyages to and from any specified port or ports, upon the condition that
the vessel
provided with such licence shall carry only free passengers under no
contract of service
'whatever, except as hereinafter mentioned:
aforesaid.
General licences shall be exempt from,the provisions of paragraph 6 of
section 5
4. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, authorise any person
to engage
any specified number of Chinese artisans, mechanics, labourers, or
servants for any
person resident in any British possession, and to make contracts in
writing on behalf of
such resident with the persons so engaged. Every such contract shall be
made in
triplicate, and one part thereof shall be lodged in the office of the
Colonial Secretary;
and such part shall be admissible in evidence without a stamp.
Any vessel provided with a general licence may carry any persons so
engaged
without thereby affecting her licence.
5. Nothing in ' The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874,'
shall
prevent, passengers natives of Asia from travelling in the first class
cabin of any vessel
which is provided,.with a general licence, on the ,same terms as
passengers o£ other
nationalities;' or in the first or second class cabin, if the
vessal~carries more than two
'cla.sses~.Yof passelgers.
Such 'passengers are hereby exempted from the necessity of obtaining
contract
passage: tickets, or of submitting themselves to be mustered or inspected
by any emi-
gratiow.officer or medical officer or other person.
Such passengers shall, however, `be reckoned in calculating tile number
of pas-
sengers, natives of Asia, who are carried by the said vessel.
The Governor
may authorise
labourers and
servants to be
engaged for
persona in
British
possessions.
[See, s. 7.1
Ordinance 5
of 1874 not to
prevent Chinese
passengers from
travelling in first
or second cabin
as other
nationals:
[See, s. 7,J
ORDINANCe No. 1 of 1876.
Chinese. Emigration Amendment.
This Ordinance shall be read with 'The Chinese Emigration Consolidation
Ordinance, 1874,' and shall be taken to be incorporated
therewith; and upon the issue
of any new edition of the Ordinances, the provisions hereof may be
inserted in the said
Ordinance; sections 3 and 4 hereof may be printed next after the
paragraph now
numbered 5 of section v of the said Ordinance, and the other paragraphs
of the said
section may be re-cumbered.
Paragraph 6 of the said section may be amended by inserting the words
'except
a general licence' after the word 'licence.' `
Section 5 hereof may be printed as section 6 of 'the said Ordinance, and
the other
sections may be re-numbered. `
Commencement 7. Sections 4 and 5 shall not take effect until a day to be
hereafter proclaimed by
of Ordinance, e
the Governor. The rest of this Ordinance shall take effect from the
passing thereof.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1876.]
1418
Title.
Preamble.
1419
Repealing part of section 5 of Ordinance 5 of 1874.
Reducing the fees for licences.
General licences to mail steamers, &c.
The Governor may authorise labourers and servants to be engaged for persons in British possessions.
[See, s. 7.]
Ordinance 5 of 1874 not to prevent Chinese passengers form travelling in first or second cabin as other nationals.
[See s. 7.]
1420
This Ordinance incorporated with No. 5 of 1874.
Commencement of Ordinance.
No. 1 of 1876
An Ordinance to amend the Law, relating to Chinese Passenger Ships and
the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants.
[27th March, 1876.]
WHEREAS by section 5 of ' The Chinese Emigration Consolidation
Ordinance,.
1874,' it is enacted' that no Chinese passenger ship, egeept'ships shout
to proceed
E° on a, voyage of not more than thirty days' duration within the meaning
of section 8 of
Ordinance, Ordinance, shall shall clear out or proceed to sea, and the
emigration office-r shall .
not grant the certificate prescribed by section 4 of `The Chinese
Passengers' -Act,
uess the master of such ship shall be provided with a licence under the
hand :of the
- t `~ GoTernor and the public seal of the Colony to be obtained in
manner.hereinafter
~~ mentioned'; and paragraph 2 that it shall be lawful fur the Governor
in Council,
'from time to time, to exempt from the operation of this section, any
mail steamers
~~ or other vessels which are subject to the provisions of `Tho Chinese
'Passengers
' Act, 185,' provided that the Chinese passengers proceeding in such
vessels ,'free.
' emigrants and under no contract of service whatever'; and whereas it is
expedient
that every Chinese passenger ship should, be provided with a licence, and
that the fee
ORDINANCE No: 1 of 1876.
Chinese Emigration Amendment.
chargeable upon such licence should be reduced, and that the law should
be amended,
as hereinafter provided: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of
Hongkong, with
tile advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. y
The following portions of section 5 of ' : The Chinese Emigration
Consolidation
Ordinance, 1874,' are hereby repealed, viz.:-
Paragraph 1. The words ' except ships about to proceed on a voyage of not
''more than thirty days' duration within the meaning of section 8 of
' this Ordinance.'
Paragraph 2. The whole.
Paragraph 3. The words ' and shall also furnish, the like particulars
where
', any exemption is applied for under paragraph 2 of this section.'
2. The fee payable upon the granting of a licence shall henceforth be
five dollars Reducing the
fees for licences.
only; and in any reprint of the said Ordinance the said sum may be
inserted in
paragraph 5, section v in place of the ' one hundred dollars ' therein
mentioned.
1419
Repealing part of
section b of
Ordinance b of
1874.
3. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, grant to any mail
steamer or General licences
to mail steamers,
other vessel general licence for any period, or for any number of
voyages, or for `
voyages to and from any specified port or ports, upon the condition that
the vessel
provided with such licence shall carry only free passengers under no
contract of service
'whatever, except as hereinafter mentioned:
aforesaid.
General licences shall be exempt from,the provisions of paragraph 6 of
section 5
4. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, authorise any person
to engage
any specified number of Chinese artisans, mechanics, labourers, or
servants for any
person resident in any British possession, and to make contracts in
writing on behalf of
such resident with the persons so engaged. Every such contract shall be
made in
triplicate, and one part thereof shall be lodged in the office of the
Colonial Secretary;
and such part shall be admissible in evidence without a stamp.
Any vessel provided with a general licence may carry any persons so
engaged
without thereby affecting her licence.
5. Nothing in ' The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874,'
shall
prevent, passengers natives of Asia from travelling in the first class
cabin of any vessel
which is provided,.with a general licence, on the ,same terms as
passengers o£ other
nationalities;' or in the first or second class cabin, if the
vessal~carries more than two
'cla.sses~.Yof passelgers.
Such 'passengers are hereby exempted from the necessity of obtaining
contract
passage: tickets, or of submitting themselves to be mustered or inspected
by any emi-
gratiow.officer or medical officer or other person.
Such passengers shall, however, `be reckoned in calculating tile number
of pas-
sengers, natives of Asia, who are carried by the said vessel.
The Governor
may authorise
labourers and
servants to be
engaged for
persona in
British
possessions.
[See, s. 7.1
Ordinance 5
of 1874 not to
prevent Chinese
passengers from
travelling in first
or second cabin
as other
nationals:
[See, s. 7,J
ORDINANCe No. 1 of 1876.
Chinese. Emigration Amendment.
This Ordinance shall be read with 'The Chinese Emigration Consolidation
Ordinance, 1874,' and shall be taken to be incorporated
therewith; and upon the issue
of any new edition of the Ordinances, the provisions hereof may be
inserted in the said
Ordinance; sections 3 and 4 hereof may be printed next after the
paragraph now
numbered 5 of section v of the said Ordinance, and the other paragraphs
of the said
section may be re-cumbered.
Paragraph 6 of the said section may be amended by inserting the words
'except
a general licence' after the word 'licence.' `
Section 5 hereof may be printed as section 6 of 'the said Ordinance, and
the other
sections may be re-numbered. `
Commencement 7. Sections 4 and 5 shall not take effect until a day to be
hereafter proclaimed by
of Ordinance, e
the Governor. The rest of this Ordinance shall take effect from the
passing thereof.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1876.]
1418
Title.
Preamble.
1419
Repealing part of section 5 of Ordinance 5 of 1874.
Reducing the fees for licences.
General licences to mail steamers, &c.
The Governor may authorise labourers and servants to be engaged for persons in British possessions.
[See, s. 7.]
Ordinance 5 of 1874 not to prevent Chinese passengers form travelling in first or second cabin as other nationals.
[See s. 7.]
1420
This Ordinance incorporated with No. 5 of 1874.
Commencement of Ordinance.
Abstract
1418
Title.
Preamble.
1419
Repealing part of section 5 of Ordinance 5 of 1874.
Reducing the fees for licences.
General licences to mail steamers, &c.
The Governor may authorise labourers and servants to be engaged for persons in British possessions.
[See, s. 7.]
Ordinance 5 of 1874 not to prevent Chinese passengers form travelling in first or second cabin as other nationals.
[See s. 7.]
1420
This Ordinance incorporated with No. 5 of 1874.
Commencement of Ordinance.
Title.
Preamble.
1419
Repealing part of section 5 of Ordinance 5 of 1874.
Reducing the fees for licences.
General licences to mail steamers, &c.
The Governor may authorise labourers and servants to be engaged for persons in British possessions.
[See, s. 7.]
Ordinance 5 of 1874 not to prevent Chinese passengers form travelling in first or second cabin as other nationals.
[See s. 7.]
1420
This Ordinance incorporated with No. 5 of 1874.
Commencement of Ordinance.
Identifier
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Edition
1890
Volume
v3
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1876
Number of Pages
3
Files
Collection
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Citation
“CHINESE EMIGRATION AMENDMENT ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed May 13, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/353.
