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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.
Penalty for taking more passengers than allowed
than allowed shall be in excess of the porportion to tonnage contained in table by certificate. E of the schedule hereunto annexed, the Habour Master may refuse a port clearnce to such ship. Any Master wilfully misre- presenting the number of passengers so about to be carried shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. 2. Any master of any such ship who shall, after having obtained such port clearance, wilfully take or receive on board such vessel any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the said by certificate. port clearance, shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not ex- ceeding two hundred dollars in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to he carried by the said port clearance; and the master of any ship proceeding to sea without a port clearance shall be liable to a pe nalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Governor may prohibit con-
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to prohibit the veyance of deck conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
passengers. Penalty on 4. If any ship, shall enter the waters of the Colony and ship or ship entering discharge passengers or cargo, having on board a greater number waters of the of passengers than can be so accommodated as to give to each pas- Colony with- out sufficient senger at least the amount of space hereunder stated, the master accommodation thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred for passengers. dollars.
Steam vessels
Steam-ships under 50 tons.
VII. It shall not be lawful for any steam vessel of less than fifty under 50 tons tons burden to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to any place outside the waters of the Colony, unless she ha obtained a licence as hereinafter provided.
not to carry
passengers for hire without
licence.
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2. T. Harbour Master may issue to steam vessels of less than The Harbour fifty to s burden licences for carrying passengers upon the condi- Master to issue tions prescribed by such regulations as are contained in table of
the schedule hereunto annexed.
licences.
Regulations.
Alteration or repeal of regulations.
Penalty for carrying pas-
sengers in excess of the
licence.
Penalty for
unlicensed
steamer
3. The regulations contained in the said table shall continue in force until altered or repealed as hereinafter provided.
4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, alter, amend, or repeal the said regulations or any of them, and may make other regulations as occasion requires. Every new regula- tion and every alteration, amendment, or repeal of an existing regulation shall be published in the Gazette, and after such publication shall have the force of law.
5. If any steam vessel licensed under this Ordinance carries within the waters of the Colony more passengers than her licence allows, the owner or master thereof shall be lible to a penalty
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6. If any unlic
afty tons burden arrives in the waters of the Colony carrying more passengers in arriving with proportion to her size than she would be licensed to carry under the regulations for the time being in force under this section, the master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
excessive number of passengers.
Steamers to
7. Every steam vessel, whether licensed or not, of less than fifty exhibit lights. tons burden shall, when under way between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a green light on the starboard bow and a red light on the port bow and a bright light at least ten feet above the coloured lights; and every such steam vessel shall, when at anchor between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a bright light at least 10 feet above the gunwales.
Offences
against regulations.
Steamers leav- ing Hong- kong, Macao,
or Canton only allowed.
to carry a li- mited number of passengers.
Steamers from Canton and
limited num-
8. Any person offending against the provisions of this section, or against the regulations in force for the time being under this section, shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
River Steam-ships.
VIII. If any steam-ship shall leave the waters of the Colony of Hongkong for Canton, or for any place on the Canton river, or for Macao, having on board a greater number of passengers than in the proportion of one passenger for every two tons of the registered gross tonnage of such steam-ship, the owner or master thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every passenger on board in excess of the proportion of one passenger for every re- gistered two tons (gross) of the said steam-ship.
2. If any steam-ship shall enter the waters of the Colony of Hongkong, having passengers on board, from Canton or from Macao allowed places on the Canton river, or from Macao, in excess of the propor- to fetch only a tion of one passenger for every two tons the registered gross ber of passen- tonnage of such steam-ship, the owner or master thereof, shall be "s to Hong- liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every passenger on board, in excess of the proportion of one passenger for every registered two (gross) tons of the said steam-ship.