Section I. It is hereby enacted, that from the 1st day of June next, no Native of India, except as hereinafter

I. It is hereby enacted, that from the 1st day of June next, no Native of India, except as hereinafter excepted, who makes a Contract of Service to be performed without the said Territories, shall be received in pursuance of such Contract, on board of any Vessel at any place within the Territories subject to the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, without an order from the Governor of the said Presidency, or a Permit from an Officer authorized by the Governor of the said Presidency, to act in that behalf.