“ Number of Chinese immigrants in any vessel 5. No vessel carrying Chinese immigrants to any port in Canada shall carry more than one such immigrant for every fifty tons of its tonnage; and the owner of such vessel, who carries any number in excess of the number allowed by this section, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each person so carried in excess. ”

“ No Controller at any port shall grant a permit allowing Chinese immigrants to land until the quarantine officer has granted a bill of health and has certified after due examination that no leprosy or infectious or contagious disease exists among them on board such vessel and no permit to land shall be granted to any Chinese immigrant who is suffering from leprosy or from any infectious or contagious disease or to any Chinese woman who is known to be a prostitute. ”

“ Master. The expression "master" means any person in command of any vessel:
Vessel. The expression "vessel" means any sea-going craft of any kind of description capable of carrying passengers:
Tonnage. ”