The Short Title of this Act is “The Chinese Immigrants Act Amendment Act, 1901”; and it shall form part of and be read together with “The Chinese Immigrants Act, 1881” (hereinafter called “the principal Act”).

In order to remove any doubts as to the application of the principal Act and its amendments in the case of Chinese members of the crew of any ship arriving at any port or place in New Zealand, and to give reasonable facilities to such Chinese to go ashore from time to time in the performance of their duties in connection with the ship, the second paragraph of section five of the principal Act, and section eight of “The Chinese Immigrants Act Amendment Act, 1888,” are hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following provisions of this Act are substituted.

On the arrival at any port or place in New Zealand of any ship having Chinese on board as part of the crew, and before any person lands in New Zealand, the master of the ship shall, in the presence of an officer of Customs, muster the crew and give to such officer a list signed by the master containing the names and number of such members of the crew as are Chinese; and immediately prior to the departure of the same ship, and before receiving her clearance, the master shall again, in the presence of an officer of Customs and the Shipping Master, muster the crew, and satisfy such officer and Shipping Master that all the Chinese comprised in the said list are then on board and will leave New Zealand with the ship, or, if not then on board, have not landed in New Zealand.

Every Chinese member of the crew as aforesaid in respect of whom the foregoing provisions of this Act are not faithfully complied with shall be deemed to be a passenger who has landed in New Zealand within the meaning of the principal Act and its amendments, and the liabilities, penalties, and provisions of those Acts shall apply accordingly:

Provided that the maximum penalty imposed by section nine of the principal Act is hereby increased from twenty pounds to fifty pounds, and that section and section six of “The Chinese Immigrants Act Amendment Act, 1888,” shall be read and construed accordingly.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any Chinese member of the crew as aforesaid from time to time to go ashore in the performance of his duties in connection with the ship, but for no other purpose.

Nothing in this Act shall affect any proceedings under the principal Act now pending.