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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1, 1911.
Sections 28, 39 and 43.
Obligation of licence.
Showing of licence to certain officers.
Power 10 stop and search.
Prosecution
TABLE U.
Regulations for the Licensing, Management, and Control of Junks and Small Boats.
GENERAL.
1. All boats or vessels referred to in these Regulations must be duly licensed as therein directed. No person shull engage or let out for hire any boat or vessel unless it has been licensed according to these Regulations.
2. Every person in charge of a licensed boat or vessel must stop and show his licence when required to do so by any member of the Police Force or by any officer of the Harbour Department, or by any Revenue Officer, or by the en ployer of such boat or vessel, each of whom is hereby empowered to board and examine such boat or vessel.
3. All boats or vessels may be stopped and searched by any member of the Police Force or by any officer of the Harbour Department, or by any Revenue Office
cer, and every person in or on beard such boat or vessel shall answer truly all questions put to him by such member or officer as to the ownership of such boat or vessel, and any such answer may be given in evidence in any proceedings thereafter instituted against any person in or on board of such boat or vessel at the time when she was so searched,
4. For any breach of these Regulations the licensee or for breach of owner or any of the crew of a licensed boat or vessel shall Regulations. be liable to be proscented before a Magistrate, and, if
found guilty, to be punished accordingly.
5. Any breach of these Regulations shall be punishable l'enalty for breach of with a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or in Regulations. default of payment with imprisonment for three months
with or without hard labour,
Issue of licences by the Harbour
Master.
Issue of duplicate licences.
Suspension
or cancel. lation of
licences by the Harbour Master.
L'articulars
and duration of licences.
Painting of number of licence.
Painting of
number by authorised persons.
6. Licences shall be issued by the Harbour Master on production of a certificate from the Inspector of Junks stating the particulars required by the Form hereto annexed. Each licence shall be numbered and shall not be transferable.
7. Whenever any licence issued under these Regula- tions has been lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be granted by the proper officer if he is satisfied of such loss or destruction, upon payment of one-tenth of the original fee in no case exceeding $1.
8. The issue of a licence shall be in the discretion of the Harbour Master and any licence may be suspended or cancelled by him, if it shall be proved to his satisfaction after due enquiry that the licensee or any of the crew of the boat or vessel has been guilty of any breach of these Regulations or of misconduct in conuection with the requirements thereof.
9. Licences shall state the length, breadth, depth, and measurement in pieuls of the boat or vessel and shall be valid for one year only or for such less period as shall be named in the licence. For those mentioned under I, III and IV of these Regulations, licences will be issued from the 1st July and for the remainder from the 1st April. Half yearly licences may be issued at the discre- tion of the Harbour Master.
10 Every boat or vessel, for which a licence has been granted, shall carry on each bow and on the stern the number of the licence legibly painted to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master, and branded on the hull in figures two inches in length. Such number shall be the only one permitted and shall not be concealed.
The number shall be painted by persons duly authorised in that behalf by the Harbour Master and for such fees as he shall from time to time direct.