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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 1, 1940.

132. Every barrel, drum, tin or other container which is in a leaky or damaged condition shall be unloaded at a prescribed place and shall be thence conveyed with all reason- able speed into some premises specified in a valid licence to store petroleum in bulk.

133. No case oil, and no liquid containing any propor- tion of case oil, shall be discharged into the harbour from any ship or vessel or from any premises or place on shore.

134.-(1) No fire or artificial light shall be used on board any vessel carrying or about to load case oil having a flash point below 73 Fahrenheit or at or near any place where any such case oil is being unloaded or loaded after the holds are first opened for unloading or loading until the holds. are securely closed down, and in the case of unloading, certified to be free from inflammable vapour in the manner prescribed by regulation 135 (1).

(2) This regulation shall not prevent—

(a) the use of electric or other lighting, heating, cooking, or power apparatus so designed, constructed, and maintained as to be incapable of igniting inflammable vapour and not used for supplying power for unloading or loading, or

(b) subject to the approval of the Harbour Master, the use of steam boilers, electric motors, or internal combustion engines for supplying power for unloading or loading: provided that such approval shall not be necessary if the unloading or loading is taking place at a prescribed place.

135. (1) Every ship which has carried-

(a) more than 500 cases of case oil, or

(b) any case oil in any leaky or damaged barrel, drum. or tin shall, after the case oil has been unloaded, remain at or proceed without delay to a Dangerous Goods Anchorage, and shall not move therefrom, without the permission of the Harbour Master, except for the purpose of proceeding to sea or owing to stress of weather, until-

(i) every hold which has contained case oil has been thoroughly cleansed and ventilated by the removal therefrom of all oil and inflammable vapour, and

(ii) a certificate to that effect has been issued by an approved person.

(2) Until such certificate has been issued, no naked lights or unguarded electric lamps shall be brought near or into any hold which has contained case oil.

(3) The master of every such ship shall, on handing over the vessel to any person for repairs or painting, inform such person in writing that the vessel has carried case oil.

(4) Paragraph (3) of this regulation shall not apply if the unloading of all case oil from the ship has been completed more than fourteen days before the ship is handed over for repairs or painting.

136. Except where repugnant to or inconsistent with the regulations in this Part, and unless otherwise expressly pro- vided, the regulations for the time being in force relating

to-

(a) the movement by land and water of dangerous goods,

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