CHINESE PASSENGERS' ORDINANCE, 1878 (SPECIAL LICENCES)
Title
CHINESE PASSENGERS' ORDINANCE, 1878 (SPECIAL LICENCES)
Description
Chinese Emigration.
No. 1 of 1878.
An Ordinance to relieve a certain class of Passenger Steamers from the
Regulations of Scheduled of ''1.'he Chiizese Passengers' Act, I g55,'''
and from the Regulations of Schedule Eof ' ThP Chinese Emigratiolz
Consolidation Ordinance, 1874,' and to substitute other Regulations
in regard thereto.
[29th April, 1878.]
WHEREAS by 'section 2 of 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,' it is
enacted
y . that it should be lawFul for the Legislature of~Hon~koug, by any
Ordinance
to be by them enacted for that purpose, to make regulations respecting
Chinese
passenger ships, and,;in the ease of British ships, respecting
the'treattnent of passenger`
therein- while at sea, and that until such enactment, the regulations
Mcontained ire
schedule A to the said Act annexed should be in force.
ORDINANCE,. Xo_I 6F 1878.
Chinese Emigration:.
And whereas by the 8 section of ' The Chinese Emigration Consolidation
Ordinance,
1874,' it is provided that all ships clearing out or proceeding to sea
upon voyages of
not ,more than thirty days' duration shall be subject to the modified
regulations
contained in schedule E of that Ordinance, which, as regards such ships,
shall be
substituted for those contained in schedule .A. of °1 The Chinese
Passengers' Act,1855','
but that nothing in the said section shall be deemed to relieve Chinese
passenger ships
from the operation of the said Act, except so far as the same is by the
said schedule
expressly modified. ,
And whereas it is expedient by means of this Ordinance to relieve the
passenger
steamers hereinafter mentioned from the regulations in the said schedule
E, and to
substitute other regulations in regard thereto: Be it enacted by the
Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as 'The Chinese
Passengers' short title.
Ordinance, 1877. ['1878' as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1879,] (Special
Licences.)'
2. In the construction of this Ordinance and of the regulations in the
schedule Interpretation
clause.
hereto, the terms and expressions following, that is to say, 'Chinese
Passenger Ships,'
'Governor,' 'British Consul,' 'Emigration Officer,' and 'Master' shall
have the
meaning assigned to them respectively by section 1 of I° The Chinese
Passengers' Act,
185.'
'Voyage of not more than thirty daysd duration' shall mean and ipclude any
voyage which, in pursuance of the third section of 'the Chinese
Passengers' Act,
1855,' is for the time being declared to, be a voyage of not more than
thirty days'
duration.
3. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, and on payment of a
fee of
five dollars, grant a special licence for any period not exceeding twelve
months, or for
any number of voyages to be performed withit twelve months, to any
steamer which
is regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under an existing
contract
with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are
carried, or to
any, other steamer which is approved by the Governor as a first class
steamer. Such
special licence shall authorize, the steamer named therein to carry a
limited number of
free Chinese passengers upon'voyages of not more than thirty days'
duration between
ports to be specified in, the licence under and subject to the-
regulations contained in
the schedule to this Ordinance.
The number of passengers to be carried shall be inserted in the licence,
and shall
a.
in no case exceed one passenger for every ten tons of the registered
tonnage of such
steamer. .
.g: The Governor in Council may, if he think fit, annex any special
conditions to ` power to annex
special condition.
the granting of any special licence applied for under this Ordinance, and
may cause tio~'~e t °f
such special conditions to be specified in the licence..
5. A special licence granted under. this Ordinance may, at any time, be
cancelled cancellation of
licence..
by the Governor in Council at his discretion.
.Grant of I
Hcenee~to mail
steamers, dzc.,
subject to
regulation in
schedule.
Lfeensed
steamers relieved
from other
regulations.
ORDINANCE No. 1 og 1878.
Chinese.Emigratio:n.
6. Every steamer to which a special licence is granted under this
Ordinance shall,
during the continuance of such licence, be relieved from the regulations
contained in
schedule A annexed to 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,' anti from the
regulations
contained in schedule E annexed to 11 The Chinese Emigration
Consolidation Ordinance,
1874,' but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to relieve such
steamer from the
operation of any part of 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,' except the
regulations
in the said schedule A.
Breach of 7, The breact of any regulation contained in the schedule
hereto, or of any
regulations or
-onaitioas. condition of a special licence, shall be deemed to be a breach
of a regulation respecting
Chinese passenger ships within the meaning of 'The Chinese Passengers'
Act, 1855.'
Whosoever impedes the emigration officer in the execution or performance
of any
of the powers or duties vested in or, imposed upon him by this Ordinance,
or any
regulation thereunder, shall be liable, on conviction in a summary way,
to a penalty
not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence.
$. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the forms of emigration officer's
certificate
and~oF the master's bond contained in the schedule hereto shall be
substituted far the
forms respectively contained in schedules B and C to 11 The Chinese
Passengers' Act.,
.185x,' annexed.
9, This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's
confirmation
in the.'Colony by the Governor,
SCHEDULE.
Regutatien2s for passcmger str.»ws licensed 2ende-r this Ordin4nce.
1. ~ No, steamer licensed under this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed
to sea until the master
thereof shall have received from the emigration officer a copy of these
regulations, and a certificate in
the form annexed hereto, which copy and certificate, with any documents
to be attached thereto, shall
be signed -by the emigration officer, nor until the master shall, with
two sufficient sureties to be approved
by the emigration officer, have entered into a joint and several bond in
the sum of Z 1,000 to Her Majesty,
Her Heirs end Successors, in the form hereinafter contained.
2. The following conditions as to the accommodation of passengers shall
be observed:
-v=
'(l.) The, space appropriated to the passengers between decks shall be
properly ventilated and
shall contain at the least nine superficial and fifty-fbur cubical feet
of space for every
adult on board, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of
age, and for
every two passengers between 'the ages of one and twelve years;tre height
between
decks shall be at least six feet. ' . -
(2.) The accommodation for female passengers between , decks shall be
separate from that..
y provided for male passengers.
(3.) A space of four superficial feet per adult shall be left clear on
the upper deck four the use
of the passengers.
(4.) A re4sDnable 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.
ORDINANCE No. l of 187-8.
Chinese Emigration.
3. Deck passengers may be carried at seasons allowed by law, upon such '
conditions as may, from Deck passengers.
time to time, be prescribed under instructions from one of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, '.
and until and subject to such instructions upon the conditions following:-
(I.) '
A suitable awning with screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient for
the protection of Awning.
the passengers from the sun and from rain.
(2.) The space appropriated to such deck passengers shall contain at the
least sixteen super- space.
ficial feet for every adult, that is to say, for every passenger above,
twelve years of age,
and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years.
(3.) In case deck passengers shall be carried in addition to other
passengers for whom accom- Reserved spc.
modation between decks shall be provided, the space ,to be appropriated
for deck pas-
sengers shall .be reckoned exclusively of the space of four superficial
feet per adult
required to be left clear on the upper deck for the use of such other
passengers.
, 4. The following conditions as to provisions shall be observed :-
Provisions.
(1.) Provisions, fuel and water shall be 1''laced on board of good
quality, properly packed and some.
sufficient for the use and, consumption of the passengers, over and above
the victualling '
of the crew during the intended voyage according to the following scale:-
For every passenger per diem not less than,-
Rice or bread stuffs, . i ............. 1.'1 lbs.
Dried and/or salt fish, : ........... 0i
. Chinese condiments and curry stuff, .................... , 1 oz.
Fresh vegetables, which will keep for short voyages, such as, sweet
potatoes,,'
` turnips, carrots, and pumpkins, .................. 1'1 tbs.
Firewood, ................. : 2
Water, (to be carried in tanks or sweet casks), ......... .............. 1
gallon. : -
' or, according to a scale at least equivalent to the foregoing.
fi. The emigration officer may, at any time, enter and inspect the ship
and the accommodation, Poworaofenxi$
tion officer.
provisions, and stores provided for the Chinese passengers, and may
..require the master or any other
person to produce the licence, and the ship's papers for his inspection;
and, if lie thinks, necessary after
inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Chinese
passengers.
If in any such case the emigration officer discovers that the number of`
passengers on board or
intended to be carried upon that voyage exceeds the number authorised by
the licence, ox that any
condition of the licence, or any regulation contained in this schedule
has been broken, he may detain
the ship until the passengers in excess of the legal number are landed,
or until the condition of
the licence or the regulation in question be 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 rroauctionoremi-
gration papers at
Consul at any port to which the licence extends, or in case such port
shall- be in Her Xajesty's dominions port of deetirxatiou .
to4ny officer appointed or authorised by the local Government in:that
behalf. .
Form of emigration officer's certificate
.
h,: A.:.8:, emigration offlcsr fox the Colony of Hongkong, do hereby
certify as follows :-
1:~.That-the Chinese passenger.. ship , A. B., master, is specially
licensed under the
provisions: of an Ordinance of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled '
The Chinese Passengers' Ordinance,
1$'17,: (Special Licences).
2. That-the said ship is licensed to carry
of service whatever,
adults, of whom none are to be under any contract
ORDINANCENo. 1 of 1878
Chinese Emigration.
Form of bond to be given by .the master of Chinese passenger slips
holding special Zicences.Know all men by these presents that we, A. B.,
of and C. D., of
are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the
Grace of God of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the
Faith, in the
sum of one thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to
be paid unto
our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Socessors; to which
payment well
and truly to be made;#we bind ourselves and every of us jointly and
severally for and in
the whole, our heirs and executors and administrators, and every of them,
firmly by these
presents.
Sealed with our seal. '
Dated this day of 18
Whereas by 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1356,' it is enacted that before
any Chinese pas-
senger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than
seven days' computed
duration, the master thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties to be.
approved by an emi-
gration officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and
Successors in the sum of
£ 1,000.
Now the condition of this obligation is this, that if (in respect of the
steamship w
whereof is master) all and every the requirements of the said Chinese
Passengers
Act, and of an'Orclinatce of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled'° The
Chinese Passengers' Ordinances
10 lg;g,l 1$?i,* (Special Licences),' and of the regulations contained in
the schedule to the said Ordinance annexed
shall b6well and truly performed [in life manner as the same ought to be
observed and, performed in
case the said steamship were a British ship, and the said a British
subject]*
then this obligation to le void, otherwise to remain in full force and
effect. '
Signed, sealed and delivexEd by the above bounders * and ~ in the presence
The words within brackets to be inset tad only in the case of a foreign
Chinese passenger ship.
Confirmation proclaimed 10th June,1879. Repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1889.]
1458
Title.
Preamble.
1459
Short title.
Interpretation clause.
Grant special licence to mail steamers, & c., subject to regulation in schedule.
Power to annex special conditions to grant of licence.
Cancellation of licence.
1460
Licensed steamers relieved from other regulations.
Breach of regulations or conditions.
Form of emigration officer's certificate and of the master's bond.
Suspending clause.
[See Imperial Act, par. 4.]
Accommodation of passengers.
Ventilation space and height between decks.
Male and female passengers.
Space on upper deck.
Sick bay, & c.
1461
Deck passengers.
Awning.
Space.
Reserved spa.
Provisions.
Scale.
Powers of emigration officer.
Production of emigration papers at part of destination.
1462
[*1878.]
No. 1 of 1878.
An Ordinance to relieve a certain class of Passenger Steamers from the
Regulations of Scheduled of ''1.'he Chiizese Passengers' Act, I g55,'''
and from the Regulations of Schedule Eof ' ThP Chinese Emigratiolz
Consolidation Ordinance, 1874,' and to substitute other Regulations
in regard thereto.
[29th April, 1878.]
WHEREAS by 'section 2 of 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,' it is
enacted
y . that it should be lawFul for the Legislature of~Hon~koug, by any
Ordinance
to be by them enacted for that purpose, to make regulations respecting
Chinese
passenger ships, and,;in the ease of British ships, respecting
the'treattnent of passenger`
therein- while at sea, and that until such enactment, the regulations
Mcontained ire
schedule A to the said Act annexed should be in force.
ORDINANCE,. Xo_I 6F 1878.
Chinese Emigration:.
And whereas by the 8 section of ' The Chinese Emigration Consolidation
Ordinance,
1874,' it is provided that all ships clearing out or proceeding to sea
upon voyages of
not ,more than thirty days' duration shall be subject to the modified
regulations
contained in schedule E of that Ordinance, which, as regards such ships,
shall be
substituted for those contained in schedule .A. of °1 The Chinese
Passengers' Act,1855','
but that nothing in the said section shall be deemed to relieve Chinese
passenger ships
from the operation of the said Act, except so far as the same is by the
said schedule
expressly modified. ,
And whereas it is expedient by means of this Ordinance to relieve the
passenger
steamers hereinafter mentioned from the regulations in the said schedule
E, and to
substitute other regulations in regard thereto: Be it enacted by the
Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as 'The Chinese
Passengers' short title.
Ordinance, 1877. ['1878' as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1879,] (Special
Licences.)'
2. In the construction of this Ordinance and of the regulations in the
schedule Interpretation
clause.
hereto, the terms and expressions following, that is to say, 'Chinese
Passenger Ships,'
'Governor,' 'British Consul,' 'Emigration Officer,' and 'Master' shall
have the
meaning assigned to them respectively by section 1 of I° The Chinese
Passengers' Act,
185.'
'Voyage of not more than thirty daysd duration' shall mean and ipclude any
voyage which, in pursuance of the third section of 'the Chinese
Passengers' Act,
1855,' is for the time being declared to, be a voyage of not more than
thirty days'
duration.
3. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, and on payment of a
fee of
five dollars, grant a special licence for any period not exceeding twelve
months, or for
any number of voyages to be performed withit twelve months, to any
steamer which
is regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under an existing
contract
with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are
carried, or to
any, other steamer which is approved by the Governor as a first class
steamer. Such
special licence shall authorize, the steamer named therein to carry a
limited number of
free Chinese passengers upon'voyages of not more than thirty days'
duration between
ports to be specified in, the licence under and subject to the-
regulations contained in
the schedule to this Ordinance.
The number of passengers to be carried shall be inserted in the licence,
and shall
a.
in no case exceed one passenger for every ten tons of the registered
tonnage of such
steamer. .
.g: The Governor in Council may, if he think fit, annex any special
conditions to ` power to annex
special condition.
the granting of any special licence applied for under this Ordinance, and
may cause tio~'~e t °f
such special conditions to be specified in the licence..
5. A special licence granted under. this Ordinance may, at any time, be
cancelled cancellation of
licence..
by the Governor in Council at his discretion.
.Grant of I
Hcenee~to mail
steamers, dzc.,
subject to
regulation in
schedule.
Lfeensed
steamers relieved
from other
regulations.
ORDINANCE No. 1 og 1878.
Chinese.Emigratio:n.
6. Every steamer to which a special licence is granted under this
Ordinance shall,
during the continuance of such licence, be relieved from the regulations
contained in
schedule A annexed to 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,' anti from the
regulations
contained in schedule E annexed to 11 The Chinese Emigration
Consolidation Ordinance,
1874,' but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to relieve such
steamer from the
operation of any part of 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,' except the
regulations
in the said schedule A.
Breach of 7, The breact of any regulation contained in the schedule
hereto, or of any
regulations or
-onaitioas. condition of a special licence, shall be deemed to be a breach
of a regulation respecting
Chinese passenger ships within the meaning of 'The Chinese Passengers'
Act, 1855.'
Whosoever impedes the emigration officer in the execution or performance
of any
of the powers or duties vested in or, imposed upon him by this Ordinance,
or any
regulation thereunder, shall be liable, on conviction in a summary way,
to a penalty
not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence.
$. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the forms of emigration officer's
certificate
and~oF the master's bond contained in the schedule hereto shall be
substituted far the
forms respectively contained in schedules B and C to 11 The Chinese
Passengers' Act.,
.185x,' annexed.
9, This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's
confirmation
in the.'Colony by the Governor,
SCHEDULE.
Regutatien2s for passcmger str.»ws licensed 2ende-r this Ordin4nce.
1. ~ No, steamer licensed under this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed
to sea until the master
thereof shall have received from the emigration officer a copy of these
regulations, and a certificate in
the form annexed hereto, which copy and certificate, with any documents
to be attached thereto, shall
be signed -by the emigration officer, nor until the master shall, with
two sufficient sureties to be approved
by the emigration officer, have entered into a joint and several bond in
the sum of Z 1,000 to Her Majesty,
Her Heirs end Successors, in the form hereinafter contained.
2. The following conditions as to the accommodation of passengers shall
be observed:
-v=
'(l.) The, space appropriated to the passengers between decks shall be
properly ventilated and
shall contain at the least nine superficial and fifty-fbur cubical feet
of space for every
adult on board, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of
age, and for
every two passengers between 'the ages of one and twelve years;tre height
between
decks shall be at least six feet. ' . -
(2.) The accommodation for female passengers between , decks shall be
separate from that..
y provided for male passengers.
(3.) A space of four superficial feet per adult shall be left clear on
the upper deck four the use
of the passengers.
(4.) A re4sDnable 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.
ORDINANCE No. l of 187-8.
Chinese Emigration.
3. Deck passengers may be carried at seasons allowed by law, upon such '
conditions as may, from Deck passengers.
time to time, be prescribed under instructions from one of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, '.
and until and subject to such instructions upon the conditions following:-
(I.) '
A suitable awning with screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient for
the protection of Awning.
the passengers from the sun and from rain.
(2.) The space appropriated to such deck passengers shall contain at the
least sixteen super- space.
ficial feet for every adult, that is to say, for every passenger above,
twelve years of age,
and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years.
(3.) In case deck passengers shall be carried in addition to other
passengers for whom accom- Reserved spc.
modation between decks shall be provided, the space ,to be appropriated
for deck pas-
sengers shall .be reckoned exclusively of the space of four superficial
feet per adult
required to be left clear on the upper deck for the use of such other
passengers.
, 4. The following conditions as to provisions shall be observed :-
Provisions.
(1.) Provisions, fuel and water shall be 1''laced on board of good
quality, properly packed and some.
sufficient for the use and, consumption of the passengers, over and above
the victualling '
of the crew during the intended voyage according to the following scale:-
For every passenger per diem not less than,-
Rice or bread stuffs, . i ............. 1.'1 lbs.
Dried and/or salt fish, : ........... 0i
. Chinese condiments and curry stuff, .................... , 1 oz.
Fresh vegetables, which will keep for short voyages, such as, sweet
potatoes,,'
` turnips, carrots, and pumpkins, .................. 1'1 tbs.
Firewood, ................. : 2
Water, (to be carried in tanks or sweet casks), ......... .............. 1
gallon. : -
' or, according to a scale at least equivalent to the foregoing.
fi. The emigration officer may, at any time, enter and inspect the ship
and the accommodation, Poworaofenxi$
tion officer.
provisions, and stores provided for the Chinese passengers, and may
..require the master or any other
person to produce the licence, and the ship's papers for his inspection;
and, if lie thinks, necessary after
inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Chinese
passengers.
If in any such case the emigration officer discovers that the number of`
passengers on board or
intended to be carried upon that voyage exceeds the number authorised by
the licence, ox that any
condition of the licence, or any regulation contained in this schedule
has been broken, he may detain
the ship until the passengers in excess of the legal number are landed,
or until the condition of
the licence or the regulation in question be 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 rroauctionoremi-
gration papers at
Consul at any port to which the licence extends, or in case such port
shall- be in Her Xajesty's dominions port of deetirxatiou .
to4ny officer appointed or authorised by the local Government in:that
behalf. .
Form of emigration officer's certificate
.
h,: A.:.8:, emigration offlcsr fox the Colony of Hongkong, do hereby
certify as follows :-
1:~.That-the Chinese passenger.. ship , A. B., master, is specially
licensed under the
provisions: of an Ordinance of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled '
The Chinese Passengers' Ordinance,
1$'17,: (Special Licences).
2. That-the said ship is licensed to carry
of service whatever,
adults, of whom none are to be under any contract
ORDINANCENo. 1 of 1878
Chinese Emigration.
Form of bond to be given by .the master of Chinese passenger slips
holding special Zicences.Know all men by these presents that we, A. B.,
of and C. D., of
are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the
Grace of God of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the
Faith, in the
sum of one thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to
be paid unto
our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Socessors; to which
payment well
and truly to be made;#we bind ourselves and every of us jointly and
severally for and in
the whole, our heirs and executors and administrators, and every of them,
firmly by these
presents.
Sealed with our seal. '
Dated this day of 18
Whereas by 'The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1356,' it is enacted that before
any Chinese pas-
senger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than
seven days' computed
duration, the master thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties to be.
approved by an emi-
gration officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and
Successors in the sum of
£ 1,000.
Now the condition of this obligation is this, that if (in respect of the
steamship w
whereof is master) all and every the requirements of the said Chinese
Passengers
Act, and of an'Orclinatce of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled'° The
Chinese Passengers' Ordinances
10 lg;g,l 1$?i,* (Special Licences),' and of the regulations contained in
the schedule to the said Ordinance annexed
shall b6well and truly performed [in life manner as the same ought to be
observed and, performed in
case the said steamship were a British ship, and the said a British
subject]*
then this obligation to le void, otherwise to remain in full force and
effect. '
Signed, sealed and delivexEd by the above bounders * and ~ in the presence
The words within brackets to be inset tad only in the case of a foreign
Chinese passenger ship.
Confirmation proclaimed 10th June,1879. Repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1889.]
1458
Title.
Preamble.
1459
Short title.
Interpretation clause.
Grant special licence to mail steamers, & c., subject to regulation in schedule.
Power to annex special conditions to grant of licence.
Cancellation of licence.
1460
Licensed steamers relieved from other regulations.
Breach of regulations or conditions.
Form of emigration officer's certificate and of the master's bond.
Suspending clause.
[See Imperial Act, par. 4.]
Accommodation of passengers.
Ventilation space and height between decks.
Male and female passengers.
Space on upper deck.
Sick bay, & c.
1461
Deck passengers.
Awning.
Space.
Reserved spa.
Provisions.
Scale.
Powers of emigration officer.
Production of emigration papers at part of destination.
1462
[*1878.]
Abstract
1458
Title.
Preamble.
1459
Short title.
Interpretation clause.
Grant special licence to mail steamers, & c., subject to regulation in schedule.
Power to annex special conditions to grant of licence.
Cancellation of licence.
1460
Licensed steamers relieved from other regulations.
Breach of regulations or conditions.
Form of emigration officer's certificate and of the master's bond.
Suspending clause.
[See Imperial Act, par. 4.]
Accommodation of passengers.
Ventilation space and height between decks.
Male and female passengers.
Space on upper deck.
Sick bay, & c.
1461
Deck passengers.
Awning.
Space.
Reserved spa.
Provisions.
Scale.
Powers of emigration officer.
Production of emigration papers at part of destination.
1462
[*1878.]
Title.
Preamble.
1459
Short title.
Interpretation clause.
Grant special licence to mail steamers, & c., subject to regulation in schedule.
Power to annex special conditions to grant of licence.
Cancellation of licence.
1460
Licensed steamers relieved from other regulations.
Breach of regulations or conditions.
Form of emigration officer's certificate and of the master's bond.
Suspending clause.
[See Imperial Act, par. 4.]
Accommodation of passengers.
Ventilation space and height between decks.
Male and female passengers.
Space on upper deck.
Sick bay, & c.
1461
Deck passengers.
Awning.
Space.
Reserved spa.
Provisions.
Scale.
Powers of emigration officer.
Production of emigration papers at part of destination.
1462
[*1878.]
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/367
Edition
1890
Volume
v3
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1878
Number of Pages
5
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“CHINESE PASSENGERS' ORDINANCE, 1878 (SPECIAL LICENCES),” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed May 10, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/367.
