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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22xD NOVEMBER, 1862.
Surveys of Steamers.
Penalties on drunken or disorderly Passen- gers.
On Persons molest- ing Passengers.
Penalties on Persons forcing way on board the Ship when full.
And on Persons re-
fusing to quit the Ship when full.
Penalties for avoid- ing Payment of Fares.
Penalty for injuring
Crew.
Collision shall, in the Absence of Proof to the contrary, be deemed to have been caused by his wrongful Act, Neglect, or Default; and such Failure shall also, if proved upon any Investigation held under the Third or the Eight Part of the Principal Act, be deemed to be an Act of Misconduct or a Default for which his Certificate (if any) may be cancelled or suspended.
34. Notwithstanding anything in the 311th Section of the Principal Act con- tained, it shall not be necessary for the Surveys of Passenger Steamers to be made in the Months of April and October; but no Declaration shall be given by any Surveyor under the Fourth Part of the said Act for a Period exceeding Six Months, and no Certificate issued by the Board of Trade shall remain in force more than Six Months from the Date thereof.
35. The following Offenders, that is to say,
(1.) Any Person who, being drunken or disorderly, has been on that Account refused Admission into any duly surveyed Passengers Steamer by the Owner or any Person in his Employ, and who, after having had the Amount of his Fare (if he has paid the same) returned or tendered to him, nevertheless persists in attempting to enter such Steamer;
(2.) Any Person who being drunken or disorderly on board any such Steamer is requested by the Owner or any Person in his Employ to leave the same at any Place in the United Kingdom at which he can conveniently so do, and who, having had the Amount of his Fare (if he has paid the same) returned or tendered to him, refuses to comply with such Request;
(3.) Any Person on board any such Steamer who after Warning by the Master or any other Officer of the Steamer molests or continues to molest any Passenger;
(4.) Any Person who, after having been refused Admission into any such Steamer by the Owner or any Person in his Employ on account of such Steamer being full, and who after having had the full Amount of his Fare (if he has paid the same) returned or tendered to him, nevertheless persists in attempting to enter the same;
(5.) Any Person, having got on board any such Steamer, who, upon being re- quested on the like Account by the Owner or any Person in his Employ to leave such Steamer before the same has quitted the Place at which such Person got on board, and who upon having the full Amount of his Fare (if he has paid the same) returned or tendered to him, refuses to comply with such Request;
(6.) Any Person who travels or attempts to travel in any such Steamer without having previously paid his Fare, and with Intent to avoid Payınent thereof;
(7.) Any Person who, having paid his Fare for a certain Distance, knowingly and wilfully proceeds in any such Steamer beyond such, Distance without previously paying the additional Fare for the additional Distance, and with Intent to avoid Payment thereof;
(8.) Any Person who knowingly and wilfully refuses or neglects, on arriving at
the Point to which he has paid his Fare, to quit any such Steamer; and (9.) Any person on board any such Steamer who does not when required by the Master or other Officer of such Steamer cither pay his Fare or exhibit such Ticket or other Receipt (if any) showing the payment of his Fare as is usually given to Persons travelling by and paying their Fare for such Steamer; Shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings; but such Liability shall not prejudice the Recovery of any Fare payable by him.
36. Any Person on board any such Steamer who wilfully does or causes to be Steamer or molesting done anything in such a Manner as to obstruct or injure any Part of the Machinery or Tackle of such Steamer, or to obstruct, impede, or molest the Crew or any of them in the Navigation or Management of such Steamer, or otherwise in the Execution of their Duty upon or about such Steamer, shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.