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A.D. 1905.
to any such passengers who are aliens as may be required for the time being
by order of the Secretary of State, and any such passenger shall furnish the
master of the ship with any information required by him for the purpose of
the return.
(2) If the master of a ship fails to make the return required by this section,
or makes a false return, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and if
any alien refuses to give information required by the master of the ship for
the purpose of the return under this section, or gives any false information
for the purpose, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three months with hard labour.
(3) The Secretary of State may by order exempt from the provisions of
this section any special class of passengers or voyages, or any special ships or
ports, but any such order may be withdrawn at any time at his discretion.
Appointment
of officers,
and expenses.
6.— (1) The Secretary of State shall appoint, at such ports in the United
Kingdom as he thinks necessary for the time being, immigration officers and
medical inspectors, and may appoint or employ such other officers or persons
as may be required for the purposes of immigration boards, or for the purpose
of the returns to be given under this Act, or otherwise for carrying this Act
into effect, and the salary and remuneration of any officers, inspectors, or
persons so appointed or employed, and any expenses otherwise incurred in
carrying this Act into effect (including such payment as may be sanctioned
by the Treasury for the attendance of any person as a member of an.
immigration board to hear appeals), shall, up to an amount approved by the
Treasury, be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
(2) The Secretary of State may arrange with the Commissioners of
Customs or any other Government Department or any port sanitary authority
for the appointment or employment of officers of Customs or officers of that
department or authority as officers under this Act.
(3) The Secretary of State shall make known, in such manner as he thinks
best suited for the purpose, the ports at which immigration officers are for
the time being appointed under this Act.
Supplemental
provisions.
7.—(1) Any person guilty of an offence under this Act shall, if the offence
is committed by him as the master of a ship, be liable, on summary conviction,
to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and, if the offence is committed
by him as an immigrant or alien, be deemed a rogue and vagabond within the
meaning of the Vagrancy Act, 1824, and be liable to be dealt with accordingly
as if the offence were an offence under section four of that Act.
5 Geo. 4.
c. 83.
57 & 58 Vict,
c, 60.
(2) Sections six hundred and eighty-four, six hundred and eighty-five,
and six hundred and eighty-six of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (which
relate to the jurisdiction of courts and justices), shall apply with respect to
jurisdiction under this Act as they apply with respect to j urisdiction under