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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TM MAY, 1878.
3. If on board any ship or vessel in the waters of the Colony Precautions to a disturbance or riot shall occur which the master or his officers be taken in
case of mutiny. are unable to quell if by day the ensign Union down shall be
(Ibid, sec. 22.) hoisted at the peak and the signal PC "want assistance; mutiny" shall be hoisted at the highest masthead or wherever practicable under the circumstances; guns may also be fired as in paragraph 2; if by night three lights shall be hoisted at the peak and a single light at the masthead, and guns may also be fired as before stated.
the same, make rules to
prevent acci-
4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make Governor in and publish rules, and from time to time to vary
Council may concerning the lights or signals to be carried, and concerning the steps for avoiding collision to be taken by all ships, boats, or dents in the vesse's, while navigating the waters of the Colony: Provided harbour. always that the same shall not be inconsistent with, or be deemed to affect the regulations for the time being in force issued by Her Majesty by Order in Council, under the provisions of section 25 of The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862."
Offences in the Wuters of the Colony.
XXVIII. Every person who within the Colony or the waters Prohibiting thereof shall commit any of the following offences, shall be liable offences in the
harbour of to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, or to he imprisoned for
Hongkong. any term not exceeding fourteen days, with or without hard labour. (Ordinance
14 of 1845, see. 6.)
(a.) Every person who shall knowingly take in exchange Receiving
from any seaman or other person, not being the owner goods unlaw- or master of any vessel, anything belonging to
fully obtained. vessel uny lying in the waters aforesaid, or any part of the cargo of such vessel, or any stores or articles in charge of the owner or master of any such vessel.
(b.) Every person who shall unlawfully cut, damage, or Damaging
destroy any of the ropes, cables, cordage, tackle, head- furniture of fasts, or other furniture of or belonging to any ship, ship.
boat, or vessel lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, with intent to steal or otherwise unlawfully obtain the same or any part thereof,
(c.) Every person who for the purpose of preventing the Throwing into
seizure or discovery of any materials, furniture, stores, or water goods
unlawfully merchandise belonging to or having been part of the obtained. cargo of any ship, boat, or vessel lying in the waters aforesaid, or of any other articles unlawfully obtained from any such ship or vessel, shall wilfully let fall or throw into the waters aforesaid, or in any other manner vessel wharf, qua”
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(Ibid, sec. 3, paras. 8 & 9.)
(d) Every owner, or hendinan, or other person in charge Mooring of
of any boat which shall be found alongside 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 three hundred yards from low water mark of such parts of the Colony as may be declared by regulation, between the hours of nine o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning: Provided always, that nothing herein con- tained shall be construed to extend to any boat moored or at anchor alongside of any private wharf with the consent of the owner thereof.
(e.) Every person who shall cast or throw any dead body, bal- Obstruction of
last, rubbish, or other substance, either from shore or from harbour by any vessel, into the waters of the Colony, or shall neglect rubbish, &c. within a reasonable time to remove any sunken vessel or other obstruction in the said harbour belonging to him or
in his charge or keeping.
2. Except as is hereinbefore directed by paragraphs 2 and 3 Fire-arms not of section XXIV, or under the sanction of the Harbour Master, no to be used ex cannon, gun, or fire-arm of any description shall be discharged cept in certain within such portions of the waters of the Colony as the Governor cases. may, from time to time, by regulations prescribe, from any merchant of 1862, s. 1 vessel or boat, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Removal of Obstructions.
(Ordinance 1
XXIX. The Harbour Master may, by written notice, require Hart any person to remove from the waters of the Colony, within a reaso- ter nable time to be specified in such notice, any obstruction caused by m such person or belonging to him or in his charge or keeping, and
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