CHAPTER
193
ALIENS RESTRICTION |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Restrictions as to aliens. |
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CHAPTER 193 |
ALIENS RESTRICTION |
An Act to
prohibit aliens from acting in certain capacities on ships registered in The
Bahamas. | 13 of 1931
5 of 1987 |
[Assent 28th May,
1931]
[Commencement 1st September, 1931] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Aliens Restriction Act. | Short title. |
2. No alien shall act as master of any mail or
passenger ship registered in The Bahamas or as skipper or second hand of a
fishing boat registered in The Bahamas, except in the case of a ship or boat
employed habitually in voyages between ports outside The Bahamas: | Restrictions as to aliens. [i]* |
Provided that this
prohibition shall not apply to any alien who has acted as a master of a British
ship, or as skipper or second hand of a British fishing boat, at any time
during the War and is certified by the Admiralty to have performed good and
faithful service in that capacity. |
3. Any person who acts in contravention of this Act or
who aids and abets any person in any contravention of this Act shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a
term of six months. | Penalty. |