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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JANUARY, 1880.
[T. 8. A. 1951, sution 128.
M. S. A. 1369, section 5.)
Shipping of
seainen.
[Ord. 3 of 1852, sec, 5.]
Master shall
give to 020 discharged in Colony certif- eate of dis-
charge, and, if required, an
account of wages.
(Ordinance Gof 1852, sec. 2.]
As to the dia- charge of
SextubeTh
[Ibid, sec. 5.]
Benmen to be discharged only by per mission of
Harbour Mus- ter, or Consul or Vice-Consul Ordinance No. I of 1867, sec.8]
As to the es- tablishment sad regulation of bearding- houses.
Ordinance
No. 6 of 1952,
sec. 6.)
4. Every person who having been engaged in any of the capacities mentioned in subsections 2 and 3 in any such ship as aforesaid goes to son in that capacity without being at the time entitled to, and possessed of such certificate as is required by this section, and every person who employs uny person in any of the above capacities in such ship without ascertaining that he is at the timo entitled to, or possessed of such certificate as is required by this section, shall, for cach such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
5. No seaman shall, except with the Harbour Master's sanction, be shipped to do duty on board any merchant ship whatever elsewhere than at the office of the Harbour Master, who shall charge for every seaman shipped, a fee of one dollar, such fee to be paid, in the first instance, by the master of the ship shipping such seaman; and such master shall deduct the same from the wages of the seaman ship- ped; and the Harbour Master shall require such seaman to lodge with him his certificate of discharge from the last ship, and failing the production of such certificate, such seaman shall be bound to give satisfactory explanation to the Harbour Master of the cause of the non-production thereof. The above mentioned fee shall be accounted for by the Harbour Master to the Treasury.
6. Whenever any seamau shall be discharged from any ship within the Colony, the master of such ship shall give at the time of such discharge to such seaman a written certificate of discharge, specifying the time and nature of service, and the time of discharge of such seaman, signed by himself; and if such seaman require it, shall further give him, within twenty-four hours after demand, a true account in writing of the wages of such seaman, and of all deductions therefrom.
7. No seaman shall be discharged from an English ship, or any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Con- sular officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere than at the Harbour Master's office, and every seaman discharged from a foreign ship so represented, shall, within twenty-four hours of being discharged at the office of his Consul or Vice-Consul, produce to the Harbour Master, or some person deputed by him, a certificate of his discharge, signed by such Consul or Vice-Consul, under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in default imprisonment not exceeding twenty-one days.
8. No master of any ship shall discharge or force there-* from, or wilfully or negligently leave behind him, in this Colony, under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, any seaman shipped on board thereof, unless on a certificate from the Harbour Master or his deputy, or from the Consul or Vice-Consul, if any, representing the nation to which the ship belongs; and the Harbour Master or his deputy, and the Consul or Vice-Consul are empowered to withhold or grant his certificate upon such conditions for the subsis- tence of the seaman as he shall think fit, and if any seaman shall wilfully or negligently remain in the Colony, after the. departure of the vessel in which he shall have shipped, such seaman shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one month, with or without hard labour.
CHAPTER VI.
BOARDING-HOUSES FOR Seamen.
XVII. The Harbour Master shall, with the consent of any Police Magistrate, have power to license a sufficient number of fit and proper persons to keep boarding-houses for seamen, and every such licence shall be countersigned by the Colonial Secretary, and shall be granted for such period not exceeding one year, and upon such terms and security, and shall be renewable upon such conditions, as the Colonial Secretary mayʻappoint; and it shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary to demand for every such licence an annual fee of twenty-five dollars, or at the rate thereof according to the term of such licence; and every such house shall be for the reception of such number of seamen only as shall be expressed in the licence, and shall not be granted until there have becu constructed in the house to be licensed suitable rooms to be approved by the Harbour Master; and no such boarding-house shall be a house licensed for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors, nor shall any charge for spirituous or feruented liquor be allowed in any account. for the amount of which any seaman may be indebted, or