Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Passage brokers to enter into bond and obtain licence.
342.— (1) A person shall not act directly or indirectly as a passage broker, unless he—
(a) has entered, with two good and sufficient sureties approved by the emigration officer nearest to his place of business, into a joint and several bond to the Crown, in the sum of one thousand pounds; and
(b) holds a licence for the time being in force to act as passage broker.
(2) The bond shall be renewed on each occasion of obtaining a licence, and shall not be liable to stamp duty; it shall be executed in duplicate, and one part shall be deposited at the office of the Board of Trade, and the other part with the said emigration officer.
(3) The emigration officer may, in lieu of two securities, accept the bond of any guarantee society approved by the Treasury.
(4) There shall be exempted from this section—
(a) the Board of Trade, and any person contracting with them or acting under their authority; and
(b) any passage broker’s agent duly appointed under this Act.
(5) If any person fails to comply with any requirement of this section, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
Annotations:
Modifications (not altering text):
C101
Application of section extended (1.06.1907) by Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7) c. 48, s. 23, commenced as per s. 86(2).
Sale of steerage passages.
23. The provisions of Part III of the principal Act, relating to passage brokers, shall apply to any person who at any place in the British Islands sells or lets, or agrees to sell or let, or is anywise concerned in the sale or letting of, steerage passages from any place in Europe not within the Mediterranean Sea.
Editorial Notes:
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A fine of £50 translates into a Class B fine, not exceeding €4,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 5, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.