guilty of an offence against this Ordinance, and shall be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding 200 dollars. ORDINANCE of the Government of St. Lucia, to amend The Immigration Ordinance, 1891, Amendment Ordinance, 1896." [No. 1.] [August 6, 1897.] Be it enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of Saint Lucia, as follows: 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Immigration Ordinance, 1897," and shall be read and construed as one with "The Immigration Ordinance, 1891,"* and with "The Immigration Ordinance, 1891, Amendment Ordinance, 1896."+ 2. Section 9 of "The Immigration Ordinance, 1891, Amendment Ordinance, 1896," is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor: Every Indian immigrant who has completed a continuous residence of ten years in the Colony, and has during that time obtained or become entitled to a certificate of exemption from labour, shall, if such immigrant desires to return to India, be entitled to be provided with a passage back to the port in India whence such immigrant sailed for this Colony on payment of onefourth of the passage-money in the case of males, and one-sixth thereof in the case of females: Provided as follows: (1.) Every such immigrant who is destitute or disabled shall be entitled to a free passage; (2.) The wife and every son and daughter of every such immigrant, and any person being an immigrant or the descendant of an immigrant, who is dependent on such immigrant, shall be entitled to a free passage, if such wife, or son, or daughter, or other person sails from this Colony with her husband or his or her parent or with the person on whom he or she is dependent, as the case may be, but not otherwise; (3.) Where any son or daughter of any Indian immigrant is a child under the age of 12 years, the Governor may refuse a return passage or a passage to India to such child if it appears that it is desirable in the interests of the child that the child should remain in the Colony; (4.) If the child of any Indian immigrant is under indenture • Vol. LXXXIX, page 641. + Vol. LXXXIX, page 699. upon which any indenture fee has been paid, he shall pay the commutation money to the employer of such child; (5.) Every immigrant who at any time quits or attempts to quit the Colony without a passport, shall thereby forfeit all claim to a return passage, whether wholly or partly at the expense of the Colony, notwithstanding he may have resided ten years in the Colony; (6.) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of immigrants who have been engaged on the terms of being entitled to a return passage wholly at the expense of the Colony; (7.) The right to a return passage under this section shall be subject in the case of every person who has previously proceeded to the Colony as an immigrant and has returned to India, to any condition made with him on his engagement in India that he shall have no right to a free or reduced return passage: Provided, however, that the Protector of Immigrants may with the express sanction of the Governor in any particular case and for special cause relax any of the provisions of this section. Passed the Legislative Council, this 4th day of August, 1897. I assent to this Ordinance. (L.S.) ALFRED MOLONEY, Governor. ORDINANCE of the Government of Grenada, to restrict the Introduction of Paupers likely to become chargeable to the Colony, and to make provision to restrict the Landing in the Colony of Criminal and Vicious Immigrants. [No. 23.] [July 7, 1897.] BE it enacted by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Grenada:— 1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Infirm Paupers and Immigrants Regulation Ordinance, 1897.” 2. "The Infirm Paupers and Immigrants Regulation Ordinance, 1896," and "The Infirm Paupers and Immigrants Regulation Amendment Ordinance, 1896," are hereby repealed. 3. In this Ordinance Visiting officer" means a visiting officer acting under "The Quarantine Ordinance, 1895," or under any other enactment for the time being relating to quarantine. It shall also include the Port Officer of any port, the Chief of Police, and any officer expressly appointed by the Governor to execute the provisions of this Ordinance. Colony" means the Island of Grenada and its dependencies. "Vessel" means any steam-ship, ship, vessel, sloop, boat, or other floating craft. "Master" means the person, not being a pilot, having or taking the charge or command of any ship. "Infirm pauper" means a person as to whom notice that he is an infirm pauper is given according to this Ordinance. "Destitute immigrant" means any person as to whom notice that he is a destitute immigrant shall be given in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. 66 Pauper charges" means any money expended out of the public funds of the Colony or the funds of any Corporation for the relief, maintenance, care, or treatment of any pauper, and the expenses, computed according to a scale prescribed by the Governor, of such relief, maintenance, care, and treatment in any hospital, asylum, house of refuge, or other institution for the relief of sick or destitute persons, if such hospital, asylum, house of refuge, or other institution is maintained out of the public funds of the Colony or the funds of any Corporation. "Colonial criminal" means any criminal who, having been sentenced by any Court exercising criminal jurisdiction within Her Majesty's Colonial dominions to imprisonment or transportation for any crime or offence, shall afterwards come to the Colony either before or after the expiration of his term of imprisonment or transportation. "Alien criminal" means any alien criminal who, having been sentenced by any foreign Tribunal to imprisonment or transportation for any crime or offence, shall afterwards come to this Colony either before or after the expiration of his term of imprisonment or transportation. "Summary conviction" means conviction before any Police Magistrate proceeding according to the provisions of "The Justices of the Peace Procedure Ordinance, 1879," or of any amendment thereof, or of any enactment for the time being regulating the administration of justice by Magistrates. “Vicious or criminal immigrant" means any person or class of persons defined by or specified in any Proclamation made under section 13 of this Ordinance to be vicious or criminal within the meaning of such Proclamation. 4.-(1.) If, on the arrival in this Colony of any vessel, there shall be on board any person who in the opinion of the visiting officer visiting such vessel is unable by reason of physical or mental infirmity to maintain himself by his own labour and likely [1897-98. xc.] 3 N upon which any indenture fee has been paid, he shall pay the commutation money to the employer of such child; (5.) Every immigrant who at any time quits or attempts to quit the Colony without a passport, shall thereby forfeit all claim to a return passage, whether wholly or partly at the expense of the Colony, notwithstanding he may have resided ten years in the Colony; (6.) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of immigrants who have been engaged on the terms of being entitled to a return passage wholly at the expense of the Colony; (7.) The right to a return passage under this section shall be subject in the case of every person who has previously proceeded to the Colony as an immigrant and has returned to India, to any condition made with him on his engagement in India that he shall have no right to a free or reduced return passage: Provided, however, that the Protector of Immigrants may with the express sanction of the Governor in any particular case and for special cause relax any of the provisions of this section. Passed the Legislative Council, this 4th day of August, 1897. E. EVELYN, Clerk of Councils. Be it enacted by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Grenada: 1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Infirm Paupers and Immigrants Regulation Ordinance, 1897." 2. "The Infirm Paupers and Immigrants Regulation 3. In this Ordinance- Quarantine Ordinance, 1895," appointed by the Governor to execute the provisions of this Ordinance. "Colony" means the Island of Grenada and its dependencies. "Vessel" means any steam-ship, ship, vessel, sloop, boat, or other floating craft. "Master" means the person, not being a pilot, having or taking the charge or command of any ship. "Infirm pauper" means a person as to whom notice that he is an infirm pauper is given according to this Ordinance. "Destitute immigrant" means any person as to whom notice that he is a destitute immigrant shall be given in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. "Pauper charges" means any money expended out of the public funds of the Colony or the funds of any Corporation for the relief, maintenance, care, or treatment of any pauper, and the expenses, computed according to a scale prescribed by the Governor, of such relief, maintenance, care, and treatment in any hospital, asylum, house of refuge, or other institution for the relief of sick or destitute persons, if such hospital, asylum, house of refuge, or other institution is maintained out of the public funds of the Colony or the funds of y any Corporation. All and hall "Colonial criminal" means any criminal who, having been 1st sentenced by any Court exercising criminal jurisdiction within H Majesty's Colonial dominions to imprisonment or transportation any crime or offence, shall afterwards come to the Colony before or after the expiration of his term of imprisonment of portation. "Alien criminal" means any alien criminal who, he sentenced by any foreign Tribunal to imprisonment or tr for any crime or offence, shall afterwards come to this before or after the expiration of his term of impriso portation. "Summary conviction" means conviction Magistrate proceeding according to the provisio Procedure Ordinance, 1879," any enactment for the time not riting Derson Leve to , to be here are ch Police o declare ne port or which he acshall fail to rate that he as hereinafter cperiod as such ading gistrate shall be (though an alien |