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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1874.
Superintend-
2. It shall be lawful for the Captain or other Superintendent, ent, &c. hav- or any Inspector, or Sergeant belonging to the Police force, ing just cause to suspect
having just cause to suspect that any felony has been or is about felony, may
to be committed in or on board of any ship, boat, or other vessel enter on board lying in the waters of the Colony, to enter at all times, as vessels and take well by night as by day, into and upon every such ship, boat, or up suspected other vessel, and therein to take all necessary measures for the effectual prevention or detection of all felonies which he has just cause to suspect to have been, or about to be committed in or upon the harbour or waters of the Colony, and to take into custody all persons suspected of being concerned in such felonies, and also to take charge of all property so suspected to be stolen.
Powers of Magistrates.
persons.
[Ibid, sec. 8.]
Any breach of this chapter
punishable by
fine, &c. [Ordinance Ì of 1862, sec. 29.]
Interpretation clause. [Ordinance
17 of 1873, sec. 2.]
Power to erect lighthouses, &c.
[Ibid, sec. 3.]
Power to raise necessary funds by public loan.
Ibid, sec. 4.]
Power to
out of the
Colonial
Treasury.
XXX. Where no penalty is specially attached by this chapter to the breach or infringement of any provision herein contained, the same shall be punishable by a penalty not exceeding twenty- five dollars.
CHAPTER II.
LIGHTHOUSES, BUOYS, OR BEACONS.
XXXI. In the construction of this section, the term "light- houses" shall, in addition to the ordinary meaning of the word, include floating and other lights exhibited for the guidance of ships; and the terms "buoys and beacons" shall include all other marks and signs of the sea.`
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to erect and maintain within the Colony such lighthouses, buoys, or beacons as the Governor in Council shall think necesary to be exhibited for the guidance of ships.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, with the assent of the Legislative Council, to raise by way of public loan, upon the security of the general revenues of the Colony, such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and every loan so raised shall be a charge upon the said Colonial revenue.
4. It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the meanwhile, advance funds with such assent as aforesaid, to order the payment, by way of temporary advance, out of any monies for the time being in the Colonial Treasury, of such sums of money arising from the general [Ibid, sec. 5.] revenues of the Colony, as may be required for the purposes aforesaid: Provided always that all sums of money so advanced out of the general revenues of the Colony, shall be repaid into the Treasury out of the sums which may be raised by way of loan under the provisions in that behalf herein before contained.
Light Dues.
Light dues.
XXXII. The owner or master of every ship which enters the [Ibid, sec. 6.] waters of the Colony, shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses, buoys, or beacons as may, from time to time, be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, to such officers as the Governor shall, from time to time, appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by such officers into the Colonial Treasury. 2. All British and foreign ships of war shall be exempt from the payment of light dues.
Exemption of men of war. [Ibid, sec. 7.] Governor to allow certain exemptions.
[Ibid, sec. 8.]
Tables of light dues to be exhibited at Harbour Master's office. [See M. S. A. 1854, sec. 399.]
Ship not to be
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council :--
(a.) To exempt any ships, or classes of ships, from such pay- ment, and to annex any terms or conditions to such exemptions;
(b.) To substitute any other dues, or classes of dues, whether by way of annual payment or otherwise, in respect of any ships, or classes of ships.
4. Tables of all light dues, and a copy of regulations for the time being in force in respect thereof, shall be posted up at the office of the Harbour Master.
5. A receipt for light dues shall be given by the person cleared with- appointed to collect the same to every person paying in the same, out production and the Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance to any ship, of receipt for light dues.
unless the receipt for the same is produced to him.
[See M. S. A. 1854, sec. 400.j
Power of dis-
tress for light
dues. [M. S. A. sec. 401.]
6. If the owner or master fails on demand of the authorized collector to pay the light dues in respect thereof, it shall be lawful for such collector, in addition to any other remedy which he is entitled to use, to enter upon such ship, and distrain the goods, guns, tackle, or any other things of or belonging to, or on board such ship, and to detain such distress until the said light dues are paid; and if payment of the same is not made within the