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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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constable may without warrant arrest that person and place him on board that vessel, and detain him there until the vessel has left Samoa.

(2.) When any person ordered to leave Samoa has been so arrested he may, pending his deportation from Samoa, be detained in such custody as the Administrator may direct.

8. No person ordered to leave Samoa as aforesaid shall at any time after compliance with the order, or after having been placed on board any vessel as aforesaid, return to or land in Samoa without the permission in writing of the Administrator, and every person who so returns or lands shall be guilty of an offence against this Order.

9. Such sum as the Administrator considers reasonable may be paid out of the Samoan Treasury to the owner, charterer, or master of any vessel on account of the carriage from Samoa of any person so ordered to leave Samoa and placed on board that vessel under arrest; and if, after payment or offer of that sum, the owner, charterer, or master of that vessel refuses without reasonable excuse to receive or retain on board the person so arrested or any officer in whose custody he is, or connives at or is privy to the escape from the ship of any person so ordered to leave Samoa, he commits an offence against this Order, and shall be liable accordingly.

10. (1.) An order made by the Administrator under this Order may at any time be revoked by him.

(2.) The revocation of any such order shall not operate so as to render unlawful anything theretofore done pursuant to the order, or anything that may be thereafter done by any person in intended pursuance of the order without notice of its revocation.

11. (1.) If an officer of Customs or of police has reason to believe or suspect that any person arriving in Samoa from beyond the seas is a person whose landing in Samoa is prohibited by this Order, or whose intention to land in Samoa should be communicated to the Administrator for the purposes of this Order, such officer may, by order signed by him, temporarily prohibit that person from landing in Samoa.

(2.) Every such order shall, unless sooner revoked, expire in forty-eight hours after the day on which it was signed.

(3.) Every person who, with knowledge that such an order has been made against him, lands in Samoa while the order remains in force commits an offence against this Order, and shall be liable accordingly.

12. (1.) It shall not be lawful for any Chinaman to land in Samoa, save in pursuance of a permit issued by a Collector of Customs under this Order.

(2.) No such permit shall be issued in respect of any Chinaman until and unless—

(a.) The Collector is satisfied that the Chinaman is able to read and understand a printed passage of not less than one hundred words in the English language, to be selected by the Collector; and

(b.) The Chinaman has paid to the Samoan Treasury the sum of one hundred pounds.

(3.) This clause shall not apply—

(a.) To any accredited officer of the Chinese Government:

(b.) To any Chinaman landing in Samoa in pursuance of the authority of the Minister of External Affairs:

(c.) To any Chinaman who satisfies a Collector of Customs that he is a resident of Samoa returning thereto after not more than two years’ absence, or that he was born in Samoa:

(d.) To any Chinaman brought to Samoa as a labourer in accordance with any scheme approved by the Minister of External Affairs for the importation of such labourers and their service for terms of years.