Section 31. _

31. (1) The Registering Officer or Protector shall Examination thereupon exa,iaine the person, apart from the recruit- ~ ~ ~ n er, with reference to his intended agreement ; and, if grant. it appears that he is competent and willing to enter ~ ~ n r ~ ~ into ~ ~ ~ i " . 234 $migration. 234 $migration. [ACT XXI, (C?za$tef4 TI.--.Eegistt*ation of Efnig?*ants aad Execution of Ag~eenzents to enzigrate-32-33.) into the agreement and understands its nature, that he has not been induced to enter into it by any coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake, tliat its terms are in conformity with law, and are such as, according to the statement furnished to tlie recruiter under section twenty-six, he was autliorized to offer, shall, subject to the provisions of section thirty-three, register in a book to be kept for tlie purpose, in such form as the Governor General in Council, from time to time, by rules made under this Act, prescribes, the name, sex, name of the father, caste, occupation and age of tlie intending emigrant, and the name of tlie village or place of wliicli he is a resident, and such other particulars (if any) concerning him aiid his dependents (if any) as the Governor General in Council, from time to time, by rules made under this Act, prescribes. Power to 32. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in gistration re- in the last foregoing section, the Registering Officer or case of mar- Protector may refuse to register any married woman ried women. under that section if he finds that her husband does not consent to her emigrating. (2) Tlle Registering Officer or Protector may a1 so, in the case of any woman whom he believes to be married, refuse to decide whether he will register her until after the expiration of such time, not exceeding ten days, as he thinks fit. Examination 33. (1) When any person appears before a Regis- of dependent. tering Officer or Protector under section thirty as a dependent of an intending emigrant, the Registering Officer or Protector shall, if the person is able to give intelligent answers to questions, examine him, apart from the recruiter, `as` to his dependence on the intending emigrant whom lie is about to accompany and as to his willingness to emigrate. (2) Where the Registering Officer or Protector sees reason to doubt the existence of the dependence or willingness, he may, if he thinks fit, refuse to register . . . , . . . . . . I I 1883.1 ~ n ~ i ~ r u h o n . 23 5 (Chupter ~ ~ . - - ~ e ~ i s t ~ * a t i o ~ of bmigrunts. amd Ereczbtiofz of Agreements to emigrate-34-37.) register the intending emigrant unless the name of the dependent is omitted from the register.