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十七則 本律山一千八百六十一年正月一號起例 或者主持之人整造或知整造而不理者則將艇主銀一百員以下或監禁六個月以下 十六則 凡貨艇有人攔阻船頭官及司理查艇各人員者經審官訊斷擬罰銀五十員以下或監禁做工三個月以下 等弊即將該艇-
公發售其銀數盡歸本港公庫更將該艇主持之人擬罰銀五十員以下或監禁做工六個月以下至係艇主吩咐如此整造
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1860.
Working without
Ticket.
Employing unre- gistered Persons.
Unlawful posses- Bion of Goods.
License may be withdrawn or sus- pended.
Owners employing unregistered Persons.
Certificate of Fit- neas of Cargo Boat required,
Examination of Cargo Boats.
Boats with false Bottoms, &c. inay be
ed.
VIII. Every Boatman or other Person employed, or who may have been employ- ed, on Board of any Cargo Boat, who shall not be in possession of a License Ticket, or who shall not produce the same when demanded, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceed- ing Twenty Dollars, or to Imprisonment not exceeding Six Months.
IX. Every Master or other Person engaged in the working of a Cargo Boat, who may employ, or allow to be employed, any unregistered Person on Board thereof, shall, on conviction, be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Dollars.
X. Every Member of the Police Force duly authorized by the Superintendent of Police, every Inspector of Boats, or other Person specially appointed, shall be entitled to enter at any time, with or without a Search Warrant, on Board of any Cargo Boat for the purpose of searching therein; and if there shall be found on Board such Boat any Goods, of whatever description, of which no satisfactory account can be given; or, if it can be proved that any such Goods have been landed or transferred from any Carog Boat, the Master or other Person having charge of such Boat, shall be deemed to have or to have had, as the case may be, unlawful possession of such Goods, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding One hundred Dollars, or to Imprisonment not exceeding Six Months.
XI. The Magistrate before whom any Conviction may take place under the Provi- sions of this Ordinance, may, if he shall think fit, either in addition to or in lieu of any Fine or Imprisonment hereby imposed, suspend, or altogether withdraw the License of any Offender, and transmit his License Ticket to the Registrar General, with a Certifi- cate setting forth the decision at which he has arrived; and, in case of suspension, the Registrar shall re-issue the Ticket to the Applicant at the expiration of the time for which the Magistrate shall have suspended the License.
XII. Every Owner of a Cargo Boat who shall employ any unregistered Person to take charge thereof, or to work therein, or who shall refuse when called upon to give in- formation which he may possess as to Names, Places of Abode, or other Particulars relative to Persons charged with the commission of Offences against this Ordinance, shall on conviction thereof be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Fifty Dollars.
XIII. On and after the First Day of January next, every Applicant for a License for any Cargo Boat shall produce, at the time of making his application, a Certificate under the Hand of the Harbour Master, or an Inspector appointed for that purpose, setting forth that he has examined the Boat for which a License is required, and that it is in all respects fit and proper to be employed as a Cargo Boat: and the Harbour Master or Inspector shall deliver to the Applicant a Certificate to the effect stated on payment of a Fee of One Dollar.❤
XIV. The Harbour Master or Inspector is hereby empowered to enter at any Time on Board of any Licensed Cargo Boat, and to survey and examine the same; and in the event of his discovering that any false Bottom or other Fitting, Alteration or Addi- tion has been made therein for the purpose of facilitating the fraudulent Concealment of Goods, he shall seize and detain such Boat, and apprehend or cause to be apprehended the Master or other Person in charge thereof, and deliver him into the Custody of a Police Constable.
XV. As soon as conveniently may be after the seizure of any Boat, the Harbour seized and condemnu- Master, or Inspector, shail prefer an Information before a Police Magistrate against the Licensed Owner, and also against the Master or other Person found in charge of such Boat; and if the Magistrate, after hearing all the Evidence which may be offered, shall be satisfied that the false Bottom or other Fitting, Alteration, or Addition complained of was used or made for the purpose of fraudulently concealing Goods therein, he may adjudge that such Boat shall be forfeited and sold and the Proceeds thereof be paid into the Colonial Treasury; and also that the Master or other Person found in charge of such Boat, shall forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, or be Imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour for any Term not exceeding Six Months. And the Licensed Owner of such Boat shall, if the Magistrate be satisfied that the Alteration, Addition, or Fitting complained of, was made or used by his Order, or with his Sanction or Con- nivance, be liable to forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding One hundred Dollars, or to be Imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Six Months.
Obstructing In- spector.
XVI. If any Person shall resist, impede, or obstruct the Harbour Master or In- spector or other Person in the execution of his Duty under this Ordinance, he shall be liable on conviction thereof to a Penalty not exceeding Fifty Dollars, or to Imprisonment with Hard Labour not exceeding Three Calendar Months.
Commencement of XVII. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the First Day of Ja-
nuary next.
Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 17th Day of November, 1860.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.