Unit 4: Black Immigration to Canada and Black Contributions to the Building of the Canadian Nation

ACTS

OF THE

PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

PASSED IN THE SESSIONS HELD IN

TWENTY-NINTH AND THIRTIETH VICTORIA, 1866, FORTY-SEVENTH
AND FORTY-EIGHTH VICTORIA, 1884

AND

NINTH EDWARD VII., 1909

Seal of House of Assembly

OTTAWA
PRINTED BY CHARLES HENRY PARMELEE
LAW PRINTER (FOR CANADA) TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
ANNO DOMINI 1910

Prohibition	38. The Governor in Council may, by proclamation or order whenever he deems it necessary or expedient.
of immigrants not coming by continuous journey:	(a) prohibit the landing in Canada or at any specified port of entry in Canada of any immigrant who has come to Canada otherwise than by continuous journey from the country of which he is a native or naturalized citizen, and upon a through ticket purchased in that country, or prepaid in Canada;
of passengers brought by certain companies;	(b) prohibit the landing in Canada of passengers brought to Canada by any transportation company which refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this Act;
of specified classes of immigrants	(c) prohibit for a stated period, or permanently, the landing in Canada, or the landing at any specified port of entry in Canada, of immigrants belonging to any race deemed unsuited to the climate or requirements of Canada, or o immigrants of any specified class, occupation or character.

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