Section 58. (1) Every master licensed under this Act shall, on the requisition of the Protector of Emigrants, an

58. (1) Every master licensed under this Act shall, on the requisition of the Protector of Emigrants, and before any emigrant embarks on board his vessel, execute to the Protector in duplicate, a bond, in such form as the Local Government prescribes, binding himself and the owner of the vessel in a penal sum of ten thousand rupees, to perform the duties imposed by this Act or any rule made under this Act on a master and owner, respectively. (2) The Protector of Emigrants shall forward one copy of the bond to such officer as may be appointed in this behalf by the Government of the country to which the emigrants are to be conveyed, or, in the 596 Emigration. [ACT XVII (Chapter X.—Embarkation and Departure.) the case of a foreign colony, to the British Consular Agent, and the other copy to the Local Government. ---