CHINESE IMMIGRATION REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1895

CHINESE IMMIGRATION REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1895

ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1895.

Chinese Immigration Regulation

AN ORDINANCE to enable the Governor-in-Council to restrict
the Immigration of Chinese into the Colony and for other
purposes in connexion therewith.
[9th April ,1895.]
WHEREAS the immigration of Chinese into the Colony may at
any moment become a source of imminent danger to the health
of the residents and others in the Colony,and it is expedient to make
provisions in respect thereof:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Immigration Regula-
tion Ordinance,1895.
2.Whenever the Governor-in-Council is satisfied that the bubonic
plague,cholera,small-box,or such other disease as may from time to time
be notified in The Gazette is prevalence or exists in any other port or
place,and that there is danger of the introduction of the same into the
Colony unless measures are taken to prevent the influx of Chinese,the
Governor-in-Council may from time to time,by proclamation under
his hand published in The Gazette,prohibit or regulate the immigra-
tion or importation into the Colony of Chinese from such port or place
for such time as he may think fit,and may from time to time,by
notification in The Gazette,renew or revoke such proclamation.
3.From and after the publication in The Gazette of any such
proclamation,and whilst such proclamation remains in force,-
(1.)no steamer,steam=launch,ship,or vessel,and no junk or other Chinese-built vessel or boat,shall bring into the waters of the
Colony any passenger of Chinese nationality or origin,or any
passenger appearing to be of such nationality or origin,from any
port of place mentioned in such proclamation;and
(2.)no person of CHinese nationa;lity or origin shall come into the
Colony by land or sea from any such port or place.
4.From and after the publication in The Gazette of any such
proclamation,and wh8ilst such proclamation remains in force,all
steamers,steam-launches,ships,or vessels,and all junks and other
Chinese-built vessels and boats,shall,on arriving within the waters of
the Colony from any port or place mentioned in such proclamation,
anchor at the Quarantine Anchorage prescribed by the Quarantine
Regulations for the time being in force under the provisions of the
Merchant Shipping Ordinance for the time being in force,and shall not
leave such anchorage until allowed to do so by the order of the Health
Officer as defined by the said Quarantine Regulations or until the ex-
piration of such time as may be fixed in any proclamation under section 2.
5.-(1.)Any breach of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall
be deemed an offence and shall be punishable on summary conviction
before a Magistrate.
(2.)The penalty for any breach for section 3(1.) shall be a sum not
exceeding ten dollars fore every passenger carried in contravention
thereof,and the person liable therefor shall be the master or other person
in charge of any steamer or other ship or vessel meniotned in such
enactment.
(3.)The penalty for any breach of section 3(2.)shall be a sum not
exceeding fifty dollars.
(4.)the penalty for any breach of section 4 shall be a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars,and the person liable to such penalty
shall be the master or other person in charge in any steamer or other
ship or vessel mentioned in such section.
6.In any prsecution or proceedings under this Ordinance,The
Gaxette containming any proclamation under section 2 shall,in all Courts
in the Colony ,be conclusive evidence that such proclamation was duly
made and of such proclamation and of the facts therein stated. A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 5 of 1895. Short title. Power by proclamation to prohibit immigration of Chinese. Prohibition of importation of Chinese by steamer, etc., while proclamation in force. Procedure with regard to vessel arriving from proclaimed port. See Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Penalties for breaches of the Ordinance. Evidence of proclamation, etc.

A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 5 of 1895. Short title. Power by proclamation to prohibit immigration of Chinese. Prohibition of importation of Chinese by steamer, etc., while proclamation in force. Procedure with regard to vessel arriving from proclaimed port. See Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Penalties for breaches of the Ordinance. Evidence of proclamation, etc.

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