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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DEC. 28, 1906.
"Special Permit."
Junks not to
(10.) The Harbour Master or the Officer for the time being in charge of any Harbour Master's Station may, from time to time, upon payment of the prescribed fee, grant to any master of a licensed junk a permit to be called a Special Permit," which shall be a sufficient warrant or authority for the doing of any act mentioned in such permit.
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(11.) No junk shall leave any port in the Colony with- leave without out a special permit or clearance, unless the safety of the special
vessel (through stress of weather) shall render it necessary permit or
and in such case, she shall return to her former anchorage clearance.
or place in port when such necessity for leaving it shall have ceased.
No junk to leave at night.
Penalty for unlawfully using a certificate,
&c.
Trading Licences.
Fishing Licences.
Licences to other Vessels.
(12.) No junk or other Chinese craft, whether licensed or not, shall leave her anchorage or leave or attempt to leave any port of the Colony between the hours of 6 r. m. and 6 A. M. from October to March inclusive nor between the hours of 7 P. M. and 5 a. M. from April to September inclusive, except in the case of a licensed fishing junk which has obtained a special permit from the Harbour Master.
(13.) No licence, certificate, receipt, or special permit shall be used in respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, or for any purpose or for any period of time other than the one therein mentioned, and every mas- ter of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence, certificate, receipt, or special permit which shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars or imprison- ment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve calendar months and every junk in res- pect of which a licence, certificate, receipt, or' special per- mit shall have been used or attempted to be used in violation of this sub-section may, either with or without the cargo thereof, and whether the master shall have been brought to trial or not, at the discretion of the Court, be forfeited to the Crown.
(14.) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, in such cases as he shall think fit, and upon payment of the pre- scribed fee, to grant to the owner of any junk a trading licence anthorizing such junk to ply between the ports of this Colony and other ports or places out of the Colony, during such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence; and such junk, having obtained a trading licence, the master thereof shall cause the number of such licence to be painted in black figures twenty inches in length on a white ground on each bow and on the stern, and also branded on the bull in figures two inches in length. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions. or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to à penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or in default to imprisonment not exceeding six months with or without hard labour in addition to any other penalty he may thereby
incur.
(15.) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master in such cases as he shall think fit, and upon payment of the pre- scribed fee, to grant to the owner of any junk a fishing licence authorizing such junk to be used solely as a fishing junk for such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and such junk having obtained a fishing licence, the master thereof shall cause the number of the said licence to be painted in white figures twenty inches in length on a black ground on each bow and on the stern. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default to imprisonment not exceeding three months with or without hard labour in addition to any other penalty he may there- by incur.
(16.) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to grant to any vessel other than a “Juuk” a licence under the provisions of sub-section (14) or (15) of this section in such cases as it shall appear to him that the vessel re- ferred to is to be employed in the same or similar manner