ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
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.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council:-
(a.) To exempt any ships, or classes of ships, from such payment, 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.
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Exemption of men of war.
[Ibid, sec. 7.]
Governor to allow certain exemptions. [Ibid, sec. 8.]
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.
dues to be exhibited at Harbour Master's office. [See M. S. A. 1854, sec. 399.]
5. A receipt for light dues shall be given by the person appointed to collect the same to every person paying in the same, and the Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance to any ship, unless the receipt for light dues is produced to him.
6. If the owner or master of any ship fails on demand of the authorised 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 period of three days next ensuing such distress, he may, at any time during the continuance of such non-payment, cause the same to be appraised by two sufficient persons, and thereupon sell the same, and apply the proceeds in payment of the light dues due, together with reasonable expenses incurred by him under this section, paying the surplus (if any) on demand to the said owner or master.
Ship not to be cleared without production of receipt
[See M. S. A. 1854, sec. 400.]
Power of distress for light dues. [M. S. A. sec. 401.]
7. In order to ascertain the burden of any ship liable to pay light dues under this Chapter, the person authorised to collect such dues may require the owner, master, or other person in command of such ship, or any person having possession of the same, to produce the register of such ship's burden to be ascertained by measurement in certain cases.