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(iv) No vessel shall anchor or remain anchored in or ground on the area.
(v) No aircraft shall alight on, remain in or travel upon the area.
(vi) In the event of any vessel or aircraft being from any cause within the area, the Master or Pilot or other person in charge thereof shall use his utmost endeavours to pass out of the area without loss of time.
Offences and provisions relating to
of pro-
7. No person shall trawl, dredge or search for or other- wise interfere with any shot, shell or other projectile or portions thereof within any of the Firing Areas, or take or the recovery retain, or be in possession of, any such shot, shell or other jectiles. projectile, or portions thereof, found within any of such
areas.
Any person who, when trawling, dredging, or in any manner whatsoever, shall come into possession of any such shot, shell or other projectile, or any portion thereof, within any of the areas, shall not retain it, but shall immediately return it in its existing condition, and without tampering with it, into the water:
Provided, nevertheless, that the provisions of this section shall not apply in cases of persons who recover projectiles under written instructions from the local Naval or Military Authorities.
offences.
8. (1) Any person doing anything prohibited by or Penalty for otherwise contravening sections 6 or 7 shall be deemed to commit an offence against this Ordinance.
(2) If any person commits an offence against this Ordinance he shall be liable, on summary conviction before a magistrate, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and may be removed by any Officer authorised by section 9 from the areas to which the Ordinance applies, and taken into custody without warrant, and brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law, and any vessel or thing found in the areas in contravention of this Ordinance may be removed by such Officer as aforesaid and on due proof of such contraven- tion may be declared by a magistrate to be forfeited to His Majesty.
55 & 56 Vict., c. 43,
s. 17 (2).
authorised to arrest
or remove
9. The following officers are hereby authorised to Officers remove or to take into custody without warrant any person contravening sections 6 or 7, or to remove any vessel, aircraft or thing found on any area affected :
(i) the officer in charge of the batteries, that is to say the Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, Hong Kong;
(ii) any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned
officer or military policeman, for the time being under the command of the said officer in charge of the batteries;
(iii) any person authorised in writing under the hand. of the said officer in charge of the batteries; or
(iv) any police officer.
trespassers,
etc.
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