The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-09 00:00:00

ALIEN BILL.

The following Clauses are contained in the new,
Alien Bill, which has just passed into a Law:
By See. 7, " It is erased, that every Alien
who shall arrive in this Realm, Or at any Port or
Place therein, after the passing of this Aa, shall
irtimediately ztfter such arrival, declare in writing
to such Officer of the Customs as aforesaid, at or
near, such Port •or Pl,ace, the 'name of the Ship or
Vessel in which he or she- shall hate come 66 this
Country ; and every Alien who shall so arrive, and
also every Alien who shall depart from any Port or
Place of this Realm, after the passing of this Al,
shall immediately after such arrival, or before such
departure respeaively, declare in like manner to such
Officer 'as aforesaid, his or her name and rank, oc-
cupation, or description, or if a domestic servant,
then also the name, rank, occupation, or description,
of his or her MaSter- or Mistress, or shall verbally
make, to such Officer as aforesaid, such declaration
to be by him reduced to writing, and shall also in
like manner declare the Country or PlaCe from whence
-he or she shall then have come, and the Place to
which he or she is then going, his or her profession
or occupation, and the name and place of abode of
the Person (if any) to whom he or she is known ;
and that every 'such Alien coming into this Realm,
who shall neglect 'to make declaration of the afore-
said particulars, or who shall Wilfully make any false
declaration thereof, may, for every such offence, on
conviaion thereof in His Majesty's Court of King's
Bench at Westminster, or in Dublin, orin any Court
of Oyer or Terminer, and GaOlDeliveri in England
or Ireland, or Great Session in Wales, or Justiciary
Court ihScotland, be
.imprisoned for any time not
exceeding three 'months, or may, at the discretion
Of such Court, be adjudged to depart out of this
Realm, .and all other His Majesty's Dominions,
within a time to be limited on such judgment; and
if he or she shall be found therein after such time,
in such• judgment so limited, 'without lawful cause,
he or she, shall, being duly eonviaed thereof, be
imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve
months, and at the expiration of such term of
im-
prisonment, as aforesaid, be sent out of the Realm;
and if such Alien be found therein after such time,
in such judgment so limited, Without lawful cause,
such Alien, beingduly conviaed thereof in any such
. Court as aforesaid,- shall be transported for life.-

By Sea. g, " It is enacted, that every Alien ar_
flying in this realm after the paSSing of this At, ex-
cept such domestic servants' as aforesaid, shall within
one week after his -or her arriving at the Place
which shall be expressed in the certificate delivered
to him or her, as aforesaid,
.as the place to which he
or she proposes to go,- produce such certificate to the
Chief Magistrate of the 'town or place in which he
or she shall be, and if there be. no Chief Magistrate
in such town or place, then and in such case, t 0 some -
one of the' Justices of the Peace in- and for the.
county, city, town, or district, in which such Alien
shall be, or to such person or persons as shall be au-
thorisect to that effea by such Chief Magistrate or
-justice, as the case may be,,by warrant under hi 6
hand and seal ; or in case such certificate shall be
lost, shall'deliver a full and true account of all the
particulars that shall have been contained in such cer-
tificate; and that every such Alien as aforesaid, who
shall so neglect or refuse to produce such certificate
is aforesaid, or deliver, such account as afOresaid,
who shall wilfully deliver any false 'account to such
Magistrate or Justice, respeaing any of the parti-
culars herein.before mentioned, on conviction thereof
before any .two of His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for the county, city, town, or district, in
which such Alien shall be, may lie adjudged, at the
discretion of such justices, for the first ,offence to
suffer imprisonment for any time not exceeding one
month, and for the • second offence to depart out of
the realm within a time to be limited by such
Justices; and if such Alien shall be found therein
after such time so limited, without lawful cause, he
or she shall, being duly convicted thereof, be trans.
ported for life.
By Sea., so, "It is enaCied, That if any certifi-
cate issued to any Alien by virtue of this Ad, shall
be lost, mislaid, or destroyed, and such Alien shall
prodUce to one of His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace, from the Officers of the Customs, so ap-
pointed as aforesaid, at the Port where such Alien
shall have, arrived, or from the Office of the Chief
Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or the Chief Go-
vernor or GoVerno-rs of Ireland, a copy of the pass-
port or certificate so lost, mislaid or destroyed ;
and shall make it appear, to the satisfaction of such
Justice, that he or she is the Person named in_ such
passport or certificate, and that- the same has been
lost, mislaid, or destroyed, without his or her wil-
ful neglect or default, it shall and may be lawful for
such Justice, and he is hereby. required to grant to
such Alien,- a fresh passport or certificate, which
shall be of -the like force or effea as the passport or
certificate so lost, mislaid, or destroyed.
By Sea. 13, " It is enacted, that -if any person
shall wilfully forge, counterfeit, or atter; or cause
to be forged, counterfeited or altered, or shall utter,
knowing the sam& to be forged, counterfeited, or
altered, any certificate herein. directed to be ob_
. tained, or
.shall, obtain any such, certificate under
any other name or description than the true name
and ‘deScription-of such Alien (without disclosing
to theprson granting such certificate the true name
and description of such Alien, and theireason for
concealing the same), or shall falsely pretend to be
. the person.intended to be named and described in
any such certificate, every person so offending,
being lawfully convicted thereof, shall suffer impri.
sonment in the common gaol for any time not ex-
ceeding one year.

By ,Sea.l4, "It is enafted, that no foreign
Ambassador, or other.public Minister duly autho-
ii.sca, nor the domestic Servants of any foreign, Arn-
bassador or public Minister, registered as such, ac-
cording to the diredions of the laws in force fur
that purpose, or being akaually attendant uilon such
Ambassador or Minister, shall be deemed an Alien
within the meaning of this Ad."