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(5) on the east coast of Asia south of Shanghai and north of Singapore;
uuless and until a search thereof, conducted in such manner as the Captain Superinten- dent of Police may direct and approve, shall have been carried out, nor until the master or other person in charge thereof shall have received a certificate in writing signed by the Captain Superintendent of Police, or by some police officer authorised by the Captain Superintendent of Police in that behalf, from which it shall appear that such search has been completed.
10. Subject to exemption granted under these regulations and to the proviso herein contained no ship shall carry any passenger or attempt to carry any passenger beyond the harbour of Victoria on any voyage within the local trade limits as defined in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, or leave or attempt to leave any place of mooring or place of call in the waters of the Colony and outside the said harbour unless and until a search of the nature mentioned in the foregoing regulation 9 has been carried out, nor until the master or other person in charge thereof shall have obtained a certificate in writing of the kind mentioned in the said regulation 9: Provided that this regulation. shall not apply in the case of any launch or motor boat on occasions when it is used solely for purposes of pleasure.
11. No ship to which the foregoing regulation 10 applies shall call at any place on route unless such place of call and the intended hour of departure therefrom has been notified to and approved by the Captain Superintendent of Police. Approved hours of departure shall be adhered to.
12. Except with the permission of the Captain Superintendent of Police, or in saving life or rescue work at sea no person shall be allowed to embark on and nothing shall be brought on board any ship after delivery of the certificate required by the fore- going regulations 9 and 10 and before leaving the waters of the Colony or arrival at the first place of call therein, notified and approved as aforesaid, as the case may be.
13.-(1) Every police officer in carrying out or taking part in any search required or authorised by these regulations shall have power to search any vessel and its stores and equipment, and the master, officers, staff and crew, and their belongings, the passengers and their goods and baggage, and the cargo, and every person and thing on board, and every person who may apparently be about to go on board and everything which apparently is about to be put on board, and may do all such acts and things as may be reasonably necessary in order to carry out such search effectually.
(2) The police officer in charge of any searching party, and any police officer superior to him, shall have power to detain any vessel until in his opinion the searching shall have been completed.
(3) It shall be lawful for the police officer in charge of any searching party, and any officer superior to him, to order that no passenger or thing shall embark or be brought on board without his express consent while the search is proceeding; no person shall act contrary to such order; any such order shall be in force as soon as the same shall have been communicated to the master or other person in charge of the vessel.
(4) No person shall obstruct any such search or detention.
14 Every owner, agent, charterer, licensee, master, officer, member of staff, member of crew and other person shall render every assistance and give all necessary orders and facilities in his power to the police in their searches and in all their acts preliminary or incidental thereto and in the carrying out of these regulations, and shall use his best endeavours at all times to see that no arms or ammunition are smuggled on board.
15. The Captain Superintendent of Police shall have power, in his discretion, to exempt any vessel from any provision or requirement of these regulations, either gene- rally, or during any period, or on any occasion, and to impose conditions of exemption. Every condition imposed under this regulation shall be duly performed and observed by the grantee.
16. These regulations shall not apply to any vessel being or having the status of a ship of war.