IMBECILE PERSONS INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE, 1904

IMBECILE PERSONS INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE, 1904

No. 1 of 1904.
To provide for the recovery of charges incurred on account of
Imbecile Persons introduced into the Colony.
[23rd February, 1904.]

1. The Imbecile Persons Introduction Ordinance, 1904.

2. In this Ordinance,-

As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As amended by No. 43 of 1912.
As arnended by No. 12 of 1912, No. 43 of 1912 and No. 4.3 of 1912
Supt Sched.
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As amen ed by No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Solied.





- Person - means any passenger by any vessel, and also any
member of the crew of any vessel, and includes all other persons on
board and belonging in any capacity to any vessel :

- Vessel - includes any ship or boat, or any other description of
vessel used in navigation, British or foreign.
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1-M The owner, charterer, agent, consignee, and master of
every vessel from which is landed 'Nvithout permission from the
Principal Civil Medical Officer or Health Officer any person not
ordinarily resident in the Colony who, being at the time of landing,
lunatic, idiotic, or imbecile, shall beconte within a period of 3
nionths from the date of landing a charge upon the public or upon
any public institution, shall be liable to repay to the Government
any expense on account of such person by reason of his care,
maintenance, or repatriation, unless such owner, charterer, agent,
consignee, or master can prove that such person becanle lunatic,
idiotic, or imbecile, after einbark-ation. at the port or place from
which he shipped: Provided that such expense shall in no case
exceed the suin of 5,000 dollars in the aggregate.

(2) In every case where permission to land any person frorn any
vessel is refused every such person shall be detained by the master
oil board such vessel and shall be prevented, by force if need be,
from landing.

(3) In every case in Which permission to land from any vessel is
refused the officer refusing shall give a certificate of such refusal to
the master of such vessel if so required by him.

(4) No action shall lie against the master of any vessel or any
person wbomsoever for anything done in execution of the provisions
of this Ordinance.

4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to ship-
wrecked mariners or other shipwrecked persons brought to the
Colony without charge by the master of a ship other than that in
which they were wrecked, nor to His Majesty's land and sea, forces,
nor to distressed British seamen, nor to Datives of the Colony, nor
to persons of Chinese nationality, nor to persons deported from
China under the provisions of the Orders in Council applicable to
China.

Asamended by No. 12 of 1912, No. 13 of 1912, No. 21 of
and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As anieuded by No. 15 of 1904 and No. 18 of 1912.

Short title. Interpretation. Owner, charterer, etc., liable in certain cases for expenses incurred by the Colony on account of lunatics becoming a charge on the public. Master to detain persons on board in certain cases. Certificate of refusal of permission to land. No action for anything done in execution of Ordinance. Exceptions.

Short title. Interpretation. Owner, charterer, etc., liable in certain cases for expenses incurred by the Colony on account of lunatics becoming a charge on the public. Master to detain persons on board in certain cases. Certificate of refusal of permission to land. No action for anything done in execution of Ordinance. Exceptions.

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