Section XV. The Governor General in Council, or the Executive Government of any Presidency or place, or any of t

XV. The Governor General in Council, or the Executive Government of any Presidency or place, or any of the Chief CommisGovernmentmaypro- sioners or C:ommis:~ioners iveiitioned in Section VP of hibit persons, not being llatural-born this Act, may by order prohibit any person or persons, or 5om travelling or pessing through any part any class or classes of persons, not being a natural-born of cense. ~ d i a witllout a li- subject or subjects of IXer Majesty vy~itllil~ the meaning of Section LXXXI, 3 and 4 Wi4lia.m `IV,` c. `55,` from travelling in or passing through any part of the said Territories, or from passiag from m y part of Hmdia to another? without a 'license to be granted ACT No. XXXIII `OF` 1551 granted by such Bficer or OEcers as shaIl be specified in the order ; an4 if such person shall wilfully disobey such order, he may be apprehended without warrant by any of tile Oficers specified in Section I X of tllis Act, and carried. before a Magistrate and dcalt with under the provisions of Section Xj in the same mailner as if he were a Foreigner ; and the Governrl~ent may- order such person to be 'detained in safe custody, or under the surveiIlance of the I'olice, so long as it may be deemed necessary for the peace and security of the British Territories, `p` I XVI, It sl~all be Iaxvful for the Co~l~rvissioner of Police, or for a Pnlice mav Magistrate7 or his Assistant, or for any Officer appoint- hnardvesseltoascertain ed to receive reports as mentioned in the first Section of whether Foreigners are on board. tliis Act, or for ally Police Officer under the authority of such Commissioner or Magistrate, to enter any ship or vessel in any Port or place wjtllin the Territories in the possession and under the control of the East India Company, in order to ascertain wlzetiler any Foreigner bound to report his arrival under Section 'i of this Act, is on board of such ship or vessel ; and it slzall be lawful for such Corilrnissioner of' Police, or other Officer as aforesaid, to adopt such means as ivay be reasonably necessary for piaster of vessel to that purpose ; and the INaster or Command-en. of such furnish list of passengers, and to give in- ship or vessel sliall also, before any of the pa,ssengers are fornlation respecting them. allowed to dise~~~barlc, if he shall be required so to do by sucli Commissioner of Police, or other Officer as aforesaid, deli\-er to him a list, in writing, of the passengers on board, specifying the Poria or places at %hioh they embarked, and the Ports or ylaces of their disembarkatioll or intended disembarkation, and answer, to Lhe best of his knowledge, ail such questions touching the passengers on board blie said ship or vessel, or touching those who map have disembark.ed in any part of India, as shall be put to him by the Gommissioner of Police, or other Officer as aforesaid.[If any ] Fol,eigller: Foreigner on board such ship or vessel in any part of to 8i1Te accountof India shall refuse to give an account of his objects of sc,lf not to be ailomed to disembark. 112 India, or if his account thereof shall not be s ~ t . t i ~ f ~ ~ t m y , the Officer may refuse to allow him to disembark, or he may be dealt wit11 in the same maliner as a Foreigner travelling in India xvithout a, license. XBHL. Whoever intentionally obstrv,cta any Officer 1x1 the exercise of any of the powers vested in him by this L4cb, shall, upon Ol>strnciing Officers, co~avictisn before `a` ?+Iagistra'ce, be liable to a fine not - exceeding ACT No. XXXlTI o~ 1857, exceediog one thousand liupees, or to imprisonmelit for any term iioa exceeding six rnsntlis, or to both.