CHINESE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1895
Title
CHINESE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1895
Description
No. 3 of 1895.
To restrict the Immigration of Chinese into the Colony.
[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
provision in respect thereof:-
1. The Chinese Immigration Ordinance, 1895.
2. 'Whenever the Governor-in-Conncil is satisfied that the
bubonic-plague, cholera, small-pox, or such other disease as may be
notified in the Gazette is prevalent 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-ln-Council may by proclamation prohibit or
regulate the immigration or importation into the Colony of Chinese
from such port or place for such time as he may think fit.
3. Whilst such Proclamation remains in force.,-
(1) no steamer, steani-launch, motor boat, 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 or place mentioned in srich proclamation ; and
(2) no person of Chinese nationality or origin shall come into
the Colony by land or sea from any such port or place.
4. Whilst such proclamation remains in force, all steamers,
steam-launches, motor boats, 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, and shall not leave such anchorage
untii allowed to do so by the order of the Health Officer as defined by
the said regulations or until the expiration of such time as may be
fixed by any proclamation under section 2.
5.-(21) Any breach of any of the provislons of this Ordinance
shall be punishable on summary conviction as follows:-
As amended b y No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
(2) of section 3 (1), a fine not exceeding 10 dollars for every pas-
senger carried in contravention thereof, and the person liable there-
for shall be the master or other person in charge of any steamer or
other vessel mentioned therein -,
(3) of section 3 (2), a fine not exceeding 50 dollars ;
(4) of section 4, a fine. not exceeding 1,000 dollars, and the
person liable therefor shall be the master or other person in charge
of any steamer or other vessel mentioned therein.
[s. 6, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]
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. Penalties.
Abstract
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. Penalties.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/874
Edition
1912
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 3 of 1895
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“CHINESE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1895,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed October 22, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/874.