ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
Offences in the waters of the Colony.
[See also "The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873," and Regulations.]
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[No. 8 of 1873.]
Prohibiting offences in the harbour of Hongkong.
28. Every person who within the Colony or the waters thereof shall commit any of the following offences, shall incur a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour.
[Ordinance 14 of 1845, sec. 6.]
(a.) Every person who shall unlawfully cut, damage, or destroy any of the ropes, cables, cordage, tackle, headfasts, or other furniture of or belonging to any 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.
Damaging furniture of ship.
(b.) Every person who for the purpose of preventing the seizure or discovery of any materials, furniture, stores, or merchandise belonging to or having been part of the 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 convey away from any ship, boat, or vessel, wharf, quay, or landing place, any such article, or who shall be accessory to any such offence; and it shall be lawful for any constable to take any such offender into custody and to seize and detain any boat in which such person shall be found, or out of which any article shall be so let fall, thrown, or conveyed away.
Throwing into water goods unlawfully obtained.
(c.) Every owner, or headman, or other person in charge 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 one hundred yards from low water mark of such part of the Colony as may be declared by regulation,
Mooring of boats.
[ibid, sec. 3, sub-secs. 8 & 9.]