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THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891. 1135
articles unlawfully obtained from any such ship
or vessel, shall wilfully let fall or throw into the waters aforesaid, or in any other manner convey away from any ship, boat, or vessel, wharf, quay, or landing place, any such article, or who shall be accessory to any such offence; and it shall be lawful for any constable to take any such offender into custody and to seize and detain any boat in which such person shall be found, or out of which any article shall be so let fall, thrown, or conveyed away. (e.) Every owner, or headman, or other person in charge of any boat which shall be found along- side of any public wharf or landing-place (unless while taking on board or landing passengers or cargo), or lying off the same so as to prevent the free access of other boats thereto, and the owner, headman, or other person in charge of any boat which shall be moored or at anchor at a distance of less than one hundred yards from low water mark of such part of the Colony as may be declared by regulation to be made by the Governor in Council between the hours of nine o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning, and no owner of any boat plying for hire shall be permitted to receive or land pas- sengers after 8 P.M., except at such wharf or wharves as may be from time to time specified by regulation to be made by the Governor in Council Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to any boat moored or at anchor alongside of any private wharf with the consent of the owner thereof.
(d.) Every person who shall cast or throw any dead body, ballast, rubbish, or other substance, either from shore or from any vessel, into the waters of the Colony, or shall neglect within a reason- able time to remove any sunken vessel' or other obstruction in the said harbour belonging to him or in his charge or keeping, (e.) Every person who not being in Her Majesty's service and not being duly authorised by law for the purpose, goes on board any ship within the waters of the Colony, without the permission of the master or officer in charge; and the master or person in charge of such ship may take
any such
person so going on board as afore- said into custody and deliver him up forthwith to any constable to be dealt with according to law.
(f) Every person not being in Her Majesty's service who shall make fast to or cause to be made fast to a ship under way within the waters of this Colony, any boat, junk or other vessel, without the sanction of the master or officer in charge of such ship.
(9.) It is further provided that unless and until stich regulations are made rescinded or varied the regulations in Table N of the schedule to this Ordinance shall be the regulations referred to in subs. 1 (c.) of this section.
(2.) Except as is hereinbefore directed by sub-sections 3 and 4 of section 27 or under the sanction of the Har- bour Master no cannon, gun, fire-arm, or firework of any description shall be discharged within such portions of the waters of the Colony as the Governor may, from time to time, by regulations prescribe, from any merchant vessel or boat, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Provided that unless and until such regulations are made rescinded or varied the regulations in Table O of the sche- dule to this Ordinance shall apply.
Removal of Obstructions.
29. The Harbour Master may, by written notice, require any person to remove within a reasonable time, to be speci- fied in such notice, any obstruction in the waters of the Colony, caused by such person or belonging to him or in his charge or keeping; and if such person fail to remove the obstruction within the specified time, the Harbour Master shall cause the obstruction to be removed, and may recover the expenses of removal from the person named in the notice.
Mooring of boats. (Ibid. Bec. 3,
sub-secs. Sand 9.)
Obstruction of harbour by rubbish e.
Boarding ship without permission.
Making fast to ship under way,
Fire-arms not
to be used except in certain caser, (1bid. sub-s. 2.)
Harbour Master may remove obstruction",
&c.
(Ibid. 6. 29.)