THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.
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14. Every master of a junk violating the provisions of paragraphs Penalty for 8 and 9 shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, infraction of or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not provisions exceeding twelve calendar months, and such junk and her cargo 8 and 9.
of paragraphs may be forfeited to the Crown.
(Ibid, sec. 19.)
15. No licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit shall Penalty for be used in respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, unlawfully or for any purpose other than the one therein mentioned, and using a licence, every master of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use
pass, clear. ance, or special any licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit which permit. shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be imprisoned with (Ibid, sec. 20.) hard labour for any term not exceeding twelve calendar months, and every junk in respect of which a licence, anchorage pass, clearance, or special permit shall have been used or attempted to be used in violation of this paragraph may, together with the cargo thereof, and whether the master shall have been brought to trial or not, at the discretion of the Court, be forfeited to the Crown.
16. Every master of a junk, vessel, or boat, bringing into the Penalty for Colony, or from one part of the Colony to another, any person bringing men-
dicants into who shall, in the opinion of the Court before which the offence
the Colony. shall be tried, have come to the Colony for the purpose of mendi- (Ibid, sec. 21.) cancy, or any person suffering from leprosy or any contagious disease, shall be liable to pay a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for every such person so brought by him as aforesaid.
and demand inspection of
17. It shall be lawful for any person deputed thereto by the Power to Governor, or by the commander of any of Her Majesty's ships-of- board any juuk war, or for any officer or constable of the Police force, at any time to board any junk within the waters of the Colony and demand. documents. the production of either an anchorage pass, a clearance, special (Ibid, sec. 22.) permit, or licence, and in case by reason of the not-production of any one of such documents, or for any other reason, there shall be ground to believe or suspect that any provision of this chapter has been violated by the master of such junk, or in case the document produced shall appear from the date thereof, or from any other cause, to have been unlawfully obtained, or to be unlawfully used, o arrest such junk and her cargo and the master of such junk, and deliver them into the custody of the Police.
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No junk or cargo liable to forfeiture, under the provisions Trial of offences
chapter, shall be so forfeited, unless the offence in respect under this which such junk or cargo is liable to forfeiture, shall be tried chapter.
(Ibid, sec. 23.; two Stipendiary Magistrates sitting together, who shall have ower, in their discretion, to extend the neriod limited by law
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19. Every junk of which the master shall be charged with In case of non- having violated the provisions of this chapter, shall be forthwith payment of arrested and detained until the said master shall either have been penalty by
master, the acquitted of the offence charged, or if found guilty, shall have paid same may be the penalty inflicted upon him, and in case he shall fail to pay, within levied by sale ten days, any penalty which may be inflicted upon him, the same of junk. may be recovered by the sale of such junk, and the balance, if any, (Ibid, sec. 24.) of the net proceeds thereof, after deducting therefrom the expenses of such sale and the amount of such penalty as aforesaid, shall be paid to the owner or owners of the junk, if claimed within twelve ca- lendar months from the date of sale, and if not claimed within that period, shall be forfeited to the Crown: Provided that in case there shall be in the Colony any consignee or agent of such junk registered under paragraph 6, no sale thereof shall be made in pursuance of this paragraph until three days' pr ious notice thereof shall have been given in writing to such consiga
or agent.
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20. Every junk forfeited or sold under the prov chapter shall be transferred to the purchaser thereof, a by a bill of sale from the Harbour Master, and such bin. of sale upon sale of shall confer upon such purchaser, his executors, administrators and
· (Ibid, sec.25.) assigns, an indefeasible title to such junk.
21. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, in such cases as Junk licences. he shall think fit, to grant to any owner of any junk or lorcha a (Ibid, sec. 26.) licence authorizing such junk or lorcha to ply between this Colony and other ports, during such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, and which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and such junk or lorcha having obtained a licence, the master thereof shall cause the number of said licence to be painted in black figures twenty inches in length (to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master) on a white ground on each bow: Provided that no such licence shall be granted unless the intended licensee shall enter into a bond together with one or more sureties resident in the Colony, and to be approved of by the Harbour Master, con- ditioned in any sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for the observance of the conditions of such licence.
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