Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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(b) if it is certified to him by a court of summary jurisdiction after
proceedings taken for the purpose within twelve months after the
alien has last entered the United Kingdom, in accordance with rules
of court made under section twenty-nine of the Summary Jurisdiction
Act, 1879, that the alien—
A.D. 1905.
(i) has within three months from the time at which proceedings
for the certificate are commenced been in receipt of any such
parochial relief as disqualifies a person for the parliamentary
franchise, or been found wandering without, ostensible means of
subsistence, or been living under insanitary conditions due to
overcrowding : or
42 & 43 Vict,
c. 49.
(ii) has entered the United Kingdom after the passing of this
Act, and has been sentenced in a foreign country with which
there is an extradition treaty for a crime not being an offence of
a political character which is as respects that country an extradition
crime within the meaning of the Extradition Act, 1870.
(2) If any alien in whose case an expulsion order has been made is at any
time found within the United Kingdom in contravention of the order, he
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
4.— (1) Where an expulsion order is made in the case of any alien, the
Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, pay the whole or any part of the
expenses of or incidental to the departure from the United Kingdom and
maintenance until departure of the alien and his dependents (if any).
Expenses of
return of
alien, &c.
(2) If an expulsion order is made in the case of any alien (not being an
alien who last entered the United Kingdom before the commencement of this
Act, or an immigrant in whose case leave to land has been given under this
Act) on a certificate given within six months after he has last entered the
United Kingdom, the master of the ship in which he has been brought to the
United Kingdom and also the master of any ship belonging to the same
owner shall be liable to pay to the Secretary of State as a debt due to the
Crown any sums paid by the Secretary of State under this section in
connection with the. alien, and shall, if required by the Secretary of State,
receive the alien and his dependents (if any) on board his ship, and afford
them free of charge a passage to the port of embarkation and proper accommodation
and maintenance during the passage.
(3) If the master of a ship fails to comply with the provisions of this
section as to giving a passage to an alien or his dependents, he shall be guilty
of an offence under this Act.
General.
5.—(1) The master of any ship landing or embarking passengers at any
port in the United Kingdom shall furnish to such person and in such manner
as the Secretary of State directs a return giving such particulars with respect
Beturns as zo
aliens