THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1879.
3. No lime or lemon juice shall be deemed fit and proper to be taken on board any such ship for the use of the crew or passengers thereof, unless the Health Officer has approved of the same; nor unless the same contains fifteen per centum of proper and palatable proof spirits to be approved by the Health Officer, or by some person appointed by him for that purpose, and to be added immediately before or immediately after the inspection thereof; nor unless the same is packed in such bottles, at such time and in such manner as the Health Officer may direct.
4. The master, owner, or agent of any such ship who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to provide, pack, or keep ou board such medicines, medical stores, books of instructions, lime or lemon juice, sugar or anti-scorbuties as are by this section required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon summary conviction before any Stipendiary Ma- gistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
5. The provisions of this section, so far as the same refer to lime, lemon juice and anti-scorbutics, shall have the same force and effect as the regulations provided for by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867,” section 6.
Health Officer to approve of lime or lemon juice.
Owners ne. glecting to provide me- dicines and medical atores to be guilty of raisde-
meanor.
This section to have the same force as rules madc. (M. S. A. 1867. soc. 6.)
CHAPTER IX.
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DESERTION AND OTHER ÖFFENCES OF SEAMEN.
XX. If any seaman belonging to the crew of any ship, British or foreign, shall desert therefrom, or otherwise abs- cond, or absent himself from his duty while such ship or vessel is within the waters of the Colony, it shall and may be lawful for any Police Officer, or for the master or person in charge of the ship, or for any one specially deputed by such master or person in charge, to arrest such seaman with- out warrant and convey him before a Stipendiary Magistrate; and in case such scaman shall refuse to return to his duty on board the said ship, or shall not give a sufficient reason for such refusal, the Stipendiary Magistrate may order such seaman to be put forcibly on board the ship to which he may belong, or to be confined in any gaol or other place of security within the Colony, for any period until he can be put on board his ship at her departure from the port, or until he shall be demanded by the master of the ship, or by the Consul of the country to which, such ship may belong: Provided always, that the said period of confinement shall not, in the absence of such departure or demand, exceed three months.
2. It shall be lawful for any Stipendiary Magistrate, upon complaint of the master of such ship, to the effect that he has reasonable cause to believe that any runaway seaman belonging to the crew of any such ship is harboured, secret- ed, or concealed, or suspected to be harboured, secreted, or concealed on board any other ship, boat, or other vessel, or in any house or place whatsoever, to issue a warrant directing a constable to search such ship, boat, or other vessel, or such house or place, and such seaman to lodge in any or the nearest Police station; and every such seaman shall, with all convenient speed, be brought before a Stipendiary Magis- trate, to be dealt with as is herein before directed with respect to seamen apprehended for desertion, absconding, or absence from duty.
3. If any person whatsoever shall harbour, conceal, en- ploy, or retain, or assist in harbouring, concealing, employ- ing, or retaining any seaman belonging to the crew of any ship, who shall have deserted therefrom, or otherwise abs- conded, or absented himself from duty, while such ship or vessel is within the waters of the Colony, knowing such seaman to have deserted, absconded, or absented himself from duty, or shall cause, induce, or persuade or endea- vour to cause, induce, or persuade any such seaman, in any manner whatsoever to violate, or to attempt or endeavour to violate, any agreement which he may have entered into to serve on board any such ship, or shall knowingly connive at the desertion, absconding, or absence from duty of any such seaman, such person so offending shall, for every such offence, upon conviction thereof before a stipendiary Ma- gistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six months.
Seamen deserting
may be appre- hended and put on board the vessels to which they belong. (Ordinance 4 of 1850, sec. 1.)
or may be con- fined in gaol.
Ships or houses may be searched for
deserters from ships. [Ibid. sec. 2.]
Penalty on persons har- bouring deserters from ship. [Ibid, sec. 3.]
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