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ACT XV.
[A.D. 1842.
Mauritius in respect of any such emigrants as aforesaid, except on the
warrant of the Governor of that island, which warrant shall not be issued
except on such certificate as aforesaid of the said protector of immigrants.
The protector of immigrants shall keep a register of all
persons in respect of whom any such certificate as aforesaid shall be
granted, and of the ship or vessel in which, the port from which, and the
time at which, such person shall have arrived in this colony, a copy
of which registry shall be laid before the Council of Government, on the
81st day of March, the 30th of June, the 30th day of September, and the
81st of December in each year.
If any ship or vessel bringing emigrants from India to Mau-
ritius shall carry any number of passengers exceeding the proportion
authorized and allowed by these Regulations, a penalty of five pounds per
head shall be payable in respect of each passenger so carried in excess of
such proportion; or if such ship or vessel shall not be of the height between
decks hereinbefore required; or if such a platform as hereinbefore
directed shall not be laid and continued throughout the whole duration
of any such voyage, in such manner as is hereinbefore required ; or if
there shall be more than two tiers of berths, or if there shall not be
throughout the whole duration of any such voyage, such an interval as
is hereinbefore prescribed between the deck and the floor of the lower
tier of berths ; or if any such ship or vessel shall clear out and put to
sea, not having on board such water and provisions as aforesaid for the
use and consumption of the passengers, of the kind and to the amount
and in the proportion hereinbefore directed; or if any such ship or vessel
shall be cleared out before such lists of emigrants shall have been
delivered in manner and form aforesaid, or if any such lists shall be
wilfully false ; or if the copy of these regulations be not produced as here-
inbefore required, or if any emigrant shall not be maintained during such
voyage, and for forty-eight hours after his arrival; the master of any
such ship or vessel shall, for and in respect of each and every such
offence, be liable, on summary conviction before any stipendiary magistrate,
at any time within the space of twelve calendar months next after the
arrival of such master within the colony of Mauritius, to the payment of a
fine not less than five pounds, nor more than twenty pounds British
sterling; and in default of payment of the fine above mentioned, either
immediately or at the time fixed by such stipendiary magistrate at the
time of making such conviction, to imprisonment for any time not less
than one nor more than three calendar months.
Provided, nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall
take away or abridge any right of suit or action which may accrue to any
emigrant in any such ship or vessel, or to any other person in respect of
the breach or non-performance of any contract made or entered into
between or on the behalf of any such emigrant or other person, and the
master, owner, or owners of any such ship or vessel.
Provided always, that nothing in these regulations con-
tained shall apply to any ship or vessel in the service of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, or to any of her Majesty's ships of war.
AY<yA^67^A. No emigrant arriving from India at Mauritius shall be
capable of entering into any contract of service to be performed in that
island, until he shall have been at least forty-eight hours on shore there,
ACT XV.
[A.D. 1842.
Mauritius in respect of any such emigrants as aforesaid, except on the
warrant of the Governor of that island, which warrant shall not be issued
except on such certificate as aforesaid of the said protector of immigrants.
The protector of immigrants shall keep a register of all
persons in respect of whom any such certificate as aforesaid shall be
granted, and of the ship or vessel in which, the port from which, and the
time at which, such person shall have arrived in this colony, a copy
of which registry shall be laid before the Council of Government, on the
81st day of March, the 30th of June, the 30th day of September, and the
81st of December in each year.
If any ship or vessel bringing emigrants from India to Mau-
ritius shall carry any number of passengers exceeding the proportion
authorized and allowed by these Regulations, a penalty of five pounds per
head shall be payable in respect of each passenger so carried in excess of
such proportion; or if such ship or vessel shall not be of the height between
decks hereinbefore required; or if such a platform as hereinbefore
directed shall not be laid and continued throughout the whole duration
of any such voyage, in such manner as is hereinbefore required ; or if
there shall be more than two tiers of berths, or if there shall not be
throughout the whole duration of any such voyage, such an interval as
is hereinbefore prescribed between the deck and the floor of the lower
tier of berths ; or if any such ship or vessel shall clear out and put to
sea, not having on board such water and provisions as aforesaid for the
use and consumption of the passengers, of the kind and to the amount
and in the proportion hereinbefore directed; or if any such ship or vessel
shall be cleared out before such lists of emigrants shall have been
delivered in manner and form aforesaid, or if any such lists shall be
wilfully false ; or if the copy of these regulations be not produced as here-
inbefore required, or if any emigrant shall not be maintained during such
voyage, and for forty-eight hours after his arrival; the master of any
such ship or vessel shall, for and in respect of each and every such
offence, be liable, on summary conviction before any stipendiary magistrate,
at any time within the space of twelve calendar months next after the
arrival of such master within the colony of Mauritius, to the payment of a
fine not less than five pounds, nor more than twenty pounds British
sterling; and in default of payment of the fine above mentioned, either
immediately or at the time fixed by such stipendiary magistrate at the
time of making such conviction, to imprisonment for any time not less
than one nor more than three calendar months.
Provided, nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall
take away or abridge any right of suit or action which may accrue to any
emigrant in any such ship or vessel, or to any other person in respect of
the breach or non-performance of any contract made or entered into
between or on the behalf of any such emigrant or other person, and the
master, owner, or owners of any such ship or vessel.
Provided always, that nothing in these regulations con-
tained shall apply to any ship or vessel in the service of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, or to any of her Majesty's ships of war.
AY<yA^67^A. No emigrant arriving from India at Mauritius shall be
capable of entering into any contract of service to be performed in that
island, until he shall have been at least forty-eight hours on shore there,