THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 3, 1930.
() as to pilotage inwards, such consignees or agents as have paid or made themselves liable to pay any other charge on account of the ship in the port of her arrival or discharge;
(c) as to pilotage outwards, such consignees or agents as have paid or made themselves liable to pay any other charge on account of the ship in the port of her departure.
(2) Any such dues may be recovered before a magis- trate summarily as a civil debt.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master at any time whatsoever to withhold the port clearance from any ship as to which a claim for pilotage dues may be made till such dues are paid or security is given for the same.
(4) Any consignee or agent (not being the owner or master of the ship), who is hereby made liable for the payment of pilotage dues in respect of any ship may out of any moneys received by him on account of that ship or belonging to the owner thereof, retain the amount of all dues paid by him together with any reasonable expenses he may have incurred by reason of the payment of the dues or his liability to pay their dues.
21. A licensed pilot shall not demand or receive, and a Receiving master shall not offer or pay to any licensed pilot, dues in or offering respect of pilotage services at any other rates whether improper greater or less than the rates which may be demanded by rates of
pilotags.
law.
2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 31, s. 50.
22. If any boat or ship having on board a licensed Pilotage rate pilot leads any ship which has not a licensed pilot on for ships board when the last mentioned ship cannot from particular leading. circumstances be boarded, the pilot so leading the last 2 & 3 Geo. 5, mentioned ship shall be entitled to the full pilotage rate c. 31, s. 51. as if he had actually been on board and had charge of that ship.
23. Claims brought against the master, owners, char- Claims for terers, or agents, of any ship carrying a pilot for damage damage to done by the ship to any beacon, buoy, harbour mark, Government mooring, or other Government property, may, without property, prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be recovered before a ma-istrate summarily as civi debt. Such claims shall be made by the Harbour Master by way of complaint in writing setting out the damage and the claim is respect thereof.
24. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be held to excuse Pilot not or indemnify any licensed pilot for any damage arising excused for from his neglect or incapacity in performing the duties of damage
his office.
arising from negligence or incapacity.
25. In summary proceedings under this Ordinance a Assessor. magistrate may, if he thinks fit, call upon the Harbour Master or Deputy Harbour Master or Assistant Harbour Master to sit with him as an assessor.
26. This Ordinance shall apply to all ships, British Application and foreign, except ships of war and ships belonging to of Ordinance. any department of His Majesty's Government, or to the 2 & 3 Geo. 5, Colonial Government, or to any foreign state.
c. 31, s. 61.
27. Every person who contravenes any of the provi- General sions of this Ordinance or of any regulation made there- penalty. under for which no penalty is specially provided shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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