Aliens may be given in charge by warrant of a secretary of state, to be conveyed out of the kingdom: 56 G. 3. c. 86. lawfully convicted thereof in his majesty's courts of K. B. in Westminster or in Dublin, &c. may, at the discretion of such courts respectively, be adjudged to suffer imprisonment for any time not exceeding one month for the first offence, and not exceeding twelve months for the second and any subsequent offence." § 3. It shall be lawful for any one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, or the lord lieutenant, &c. of Ireland, or his chief secretary, in any case in which he or they shall apprehend that any alien will not pay immediate obedience to any such proclamation or order as aforesaid, or in any case when any alien shall have been arrested or committed for refusal or neglect to obey any such order, or shall have been convicted of such refusal or neglect, and either before or after such alien shall have suffered the punishment inflicted for the same, by warrant under his hand and seal, to give such alien in charge to one of his majesty's messengers, or to any other person or persons to whom he shall think proper to direct such warrant, in order to his or her being conducted out of the kingdom, and such alien shall be so conveyed But if sufficient accordingly: Provided, that where such alien (not having been reason be given convicted as aforesaid) shall allege any excuse for not comfor not comply-plying with such proclamation or order, or any reason why such ing with the proclamation, &c. the privy council may allow the saine. Masters of vessels shall on of aliens or officer of the customs the proclamation or order should not be enforced, or why further time should be allowed him for complying therewith, it shall be lawful for the lords of his majesty's privy council, in Great Britain or Ireland, to judge of the sufficiency of such excuse or reason, and to allow or disallow the same either absolutely or on such conditions as they shall think fit; and where such alien shall be in custody under such warrant of any of his majesty's secretaries of state as aforesaid, the messenger or other person in whose custody he shall be, forthwith upon its being signified to him that such excuse or reason is alleged by such alien, make known the same to the said secretary of state, who, upon receiving such notification, or in any case in which he shall be informed that any such excuse or reason is alleged by or on behalf of any alien under proclamation or order to quit the realm, shall forthwith suspend the execution of such proclamation or order until the matter can be determined by the said lords of his majesty's said privy council, and such alien, if in custody under any such warrant, shall remain in such custody until the said lords shall have signified their determination thereon, unless in the mean time the said secretary shall consent to, or the said lords shall make order for the release of such alien, either with or without security." 4.The master or commander of every ship or vessel which shall arrive in any port or place of this realm, shall immediately their arrival, de- on his arrival declare in writing to any inspector of aliens apclare in writing pointed by his majesty's principal secretary of state, resident at to the inspector or near such port or place, or where no such inspector shall be so appointed and resident, to the collector or comptroller or other chief officer of the customs at or near such port or place, whether numberof aliens there are or is, to the best of his knowledge, any alien or aliens on board, speci- on board his said vessel, or who have, to his knowledge, landed fying their or been landed therefrom at any port or place within this realm; names and descriptions. and shall in his said declaration specify the number of aliens (if any) on board his said vessel, or who have, to his knowledge, landed or been so landed therefrom, and also specify their names 56 G. 3. c. 86. and respective rank, occupation, or description, as far as he shall be informed thereof." lecting to make such declaration shall forfeit 107. shall have had for each alien he on board. § 5. "The master or commander of every ship or vessel so Masters negarriving as aforesaid, who shall refuse or neglect to make such declaration as aforesaid, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of 107. for each and every alien who shall have been on board at the time of the arrival of such ship or vessel, or who shall have, to his knowledge, landed or been landed therefrom as aforesaid, whom he shall wilfully have refused or neglected to declare as aforesaid; and in case such master or commander as aforesaid shall neglect or refuse forthwith to pay such penalty as he shall be adjudged to pay in manner aforesaid, it shall be lawful for such inspector of aliens as aforesaid, or for any officer of the customs, as the case may be, to detain such ship, vessel, or boat, used in landing the same as aforesaid, until the same shall have been paid." § 6. Provided, "That nothing herein before contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any mariner whom the master or commander of any ship or vessel arriving in any port or place in this realm shall certify to such inspector of aliens, or officer of the customs as aforesaid, as the case may be, in writing, subscribed by such master or commander, to be actually engaged and employed in the navigation of such ship or vessel, during the time that such mariner shall remain so actually engaged and employed; and which certificate in writing, so subscribed as aforesaid, every such master or commander as aforesaid is hereby required to give." Act not to extend to mariners certified to be employed in the navigation of the ship. Aliens, on their arrival, and on their departure, shall declare in writing to the inspector or officer of the customs their names, descrip. pations, &c. tions, and occu 7. "Every alien who shall arrive in this realm, at any port or place therein, after the passing of this act, shall, immediately after such arrival, declare in writing, to such inspector of aliens, or officer of the customs as aforesaid, as the case may be, at or near such port or place, the name of the ship or vessel in which he or she shall have come to this country; and every alien who shall so arrive, and also every alien who shall depart from any port or place of this realm after the passing of this act shall, immediately after such arrival or before such departure respectively, declare in like manner to such officer as aforesaid, his or her name and rank, occupation or description, or if a domestic servant, then also the name, rank, and description of his or her master or mistress, or shall verbally make to such officer as aforesaid such declaration, to be by him reduced to writing, and shall also in like manner declare the country or place from whence he or she shall then have come, and the place to which he or she is then going, his or her profession or occupation, and the name and place of abode of the person to whom (if any) he or she is known; and that every such alien coming into this realm, who shall neglect to make declaration of the aforesaid particulars, or who shall wilfully make any false declaration thereof, may for every such offence, on conviction thereof in his majesty's court of such declaraK. B. at Westminster or in Dublin, &c. be imprisoned for any tion, or shall time not exceeding three months, or may at the discretion of make a false such court be adjudged to depart out of this realm, and all other one. his majesty's dominions, within a time to be limited in such judgment; and if he or she shall be found therein after such time Penalty on aliens arriving, who shall neg lect to make 56 G. 3. c. 86. in such judgment so limited, without lawful cause, he or she shall, being duly convicted thereof, be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve months." Officer of the customs shall register such § 8. "The inspector of aliens or officer of the customs so appointed as aforesaid, to whom such declaration shall be made, or particulars delivered as aforesaid, shall immediately register declarations in a the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose; in which book, certificates shall be printed in blank, and counterparts thereof, in the form following: book. And shall insert therein the several particulars by this act required, in their proper columns, in both parts thereof, expressing such particulars as shall be inserted in the column of remarks, which shall be entered only in one of such columns; and shall then and there cut off one part thereof through the flourish or device between the two parts thereof, and deliver, without fee or other charge, one part containing all the particulars contained, excepting such thereof as shall be contained in the column of remarks, to the alien who shall have made such de claration, or delivered such particulars, according to the pro- 56 G. 3. c. 86. visions of this act; and the officer keeping or having the care of such book, shall also enter or cause to be entered therein an alphabetical list and index of the names of the aliens, in respect of whom such entries shall be made therein as aforesaid." within one week after their arrival, produce their certificates to the chief magistrate of the place, or to a justice; or where the certi ficate is lost, deliver in an account of the particulars. 9. Every alien arriving in this realm after the passing of Aliens (except this act, except such domestic servants as aforesaid, shall, within domestic servone week after his or her arriving at the place which shall be ex- ants) shall, pressed in the certificate, delivered to him or her as aforesaid, as the place to which he or she proposes to go, produce such certificate, if in London, at the aliens' office, in Crown-street, Westminster, or to the chief magistrate of any other town or place in which he or she shall be; and if there be no chief magistrate in such town or place, then and in such case, to some one of the justices of the peace in and for the county, city, town, or district in which such alien shall be, or to such person or persons as shall be authorized to that effect by such chief magistrate or justice, as the case may be, by warrant under his hand and seal; or in case such certificate shall be lost, shall deliver a full and true account of all the particulars that shall have been contained in such certificate; and that every such alien as aforesaid, who shall so neg- Penalty for neglect or refuse to produce such certificate as aforesaid, or deliver lecting to do so. such account as aforesaid, or who shall wilfully deliver any false account respecting any of the particulars herein-before mentioned, on conviction thereof before any two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county, city, town, or district in which such alien shall be, may be adjudged, at the discretion of such justices, for the first offence, to suffer imprisonment for any time not exceeding one month." an account of 10. "It shall be lawful for the lord mayor and mayors, or Mayors, &c. any one or more of the aldermen of the cities of London and may detain Dublin, and for any one or more of his majesty's justices of the aliens, and peace for any county, riding, stewartry, city, or place, being transmit to sespecially authorized by one of his majesty's principal secretaries cretary of state of state, or by such secretary of the lord lieutenant or chief go- their proceedvernor aforesaid, by warrant under his hand and seal, or generally ings. authorized by order of his majesty in council, or any mayor or chief magistrate, or other magistrate or magistrates of any city, borough, or town corporate, so authorized, to cause any alien whom he or they shall have cause to suspect to be a dangerous person, to be taken into custody and examined, and either to discharge or detain such alien in custody as shall appear advisable; and if it shall appear fit to detain such alien in custody, it shall be lawful for such mayor, alderman, or chief magistrate, or other magistrate or magistrates, or such justice or justices, by warrant under his or their hand and seal, or hands and seals, to order such alien to be detained in custody until his majesty's pleasure shall be known, there to remain without bail or mainprize: Provided nevertheless, in every such case, every such mayor, alderman, chief magistrate or magistrates, justice or justices, shall, and he and they is and are hereby directed and required, forthwith to transmit an account of his or their proceedings touching such alien, and of the reasons for which he shall have thought fit to detain such alien, to one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, or secretary of the lord lieutenant, &c. 56 G. 3. c. 86. of Ireland, in order and to the end that his majesty, or such lord lieutenant, &c. may determine what may be fit to be done thereon ; and it shall be lawful for his majesty, by warrant under his sign manual, or for such lord lieutenant, &c. by order under his hand, or by warrant under the hand and seal of any one of his principal secretaries of state, or the secretary of such lord lieutenant, &c. either to direct that such alien shall be discharged, or ordered out of the kingdom." Justices shall grant certifi such as shall appear to be lost, &c. 11. "If any certificate issued to any alien by virtue of this act shall be lost, mislaid, or destroyed, and such alien shall pro、 cates in lieu of duce to one of his majesty's justices of the peace, from the officers of the customs so appointed as aforesaid, at the port where such alien shall have arrived, or from the office of one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, or from the office of the chief secretary of the lord lieutenant, &c. of Ireland, a copy of the certificate so lost, mislaid, or destroyed, and shall make it appear to the satisfaction of such justice, that he or she is the person named in such certificate, and that the same has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed, without his or her wilful neglect or default, it shall and may be lawful for such justice, and he is hereby required to grant to such alien a fresh certificate, which shall be of the like force and effect as the certificate so lost, mislaid, or destroyed." Officer of the customs and magistrates to whom certificates shall be produced, shall transmit copies of entries and certificates to the secretary of state, &c. No fee to be taken for granting certificates, on penalty of 102. Officers of the customs neg lecting to make entry, or to grant certifi cates, &c. shall forfeit 201. 12. "Every such custom-house officer shall forthwith, and every magistrate or justice to whom any such certificate or account shall be produced or delivered as aforesaid, shall forthwith, after the same shall have been so produced or delivered as aforesaid, transmit if in Great Britain, to one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, and if in Ireland, to the chief secretary of the lord lieutenant, &c. true and exact copies of all such entries, certificates, and accounts respectively, made by or delivered to any such custom-house officer, magistrate, or justice respectively, by virtue of this act." 13. "All certificates herein-before required to be given by any inspector of aliens, or officer of the customs appointed for the purpose, or by any justice or justices of the peace, or other magistrates respectively, shall be given without any fee or reward whatsoever; and every such inspector of aliens, or officer of the customs, or magistrate or justice of the peace, or other person, who shall take any fee or reward, or sum of money, of any alien, for any certificate, or other matter or thing under this act, shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of 107.; and every inspector of aliens, or officer of the customs, appointed for that purpose as aforesaid, who shall refuse or neglect to make any such entry as aforesaid, or grant any certificate thereon, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, or shall knowingly make any false entry, or neglect to return the copies thereof, in manner directed by this act, shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of 201." Penalty on per14. "If any person shall wilfully forge, counterfeit, or alter, sons forging, or cause to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, or shall utter, &c. certificates. knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, any certificate herein directed to be obtained, or shall obtain any such certificate under any other name or description than the true name and description of such alien, without disclosing to the person granting such certificate the true name and description |