A.D. 1873.]
DANGEROUS GOODS.
[No: 1:]
309
ship, vessel, lighter, or boat or the owner of such dangerous goods, as the case may be, shall each be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars for each day during which such contravention continues; and it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, or any other person acting under the orders of the Harbour Master, to cause such ship, vessel, lighter, or boat, or dangerous goods, to be removed, at the expense of the owner thereof, to such place as may be in conformity with the said rules and regulations, and all expenses incurred in such removal may be recovered in the same manner in which penalties are hereinafter made recoverable.
8.-(1.) The owner or master of every ship carrying a cargo any part of which consists of dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies shall, on entering any harbour, give notice of the nature of such cargo to the Harbour Master, and shall furnish him with a true copy of the manifest of such dangerous goods.
Notice by owner or master of ship carrying dangerous goods.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 105 s. 5.
(2.) If such notice is not given and manifest furnished, the owner and the master of such ship shall each incur a penalty not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars, unless it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Court before which the case is tried, that neither the owner nor the master knew the nature of the goods to which the proceedings relate, and could not, with reasonable diligence, have obtained such knowledge.
9.-(1.) Where any dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies—
Label on vessel or case containing dangerous goods.
(a.) are sent or conveyed by land or water between any two places in the Colony; or
(b.) are sold or exposed for sale,
the vessel or case containing such dangerous goods shall have attached thereto a label in conspicuous characters, in English and Chinese, stating the description of the goods with the addition of the word "Dangerous," and with the addition,
(a.) in the case of a vessel or package sent or conveyed, of the name and address of the sender; and,
(b.) in the case of a vessel or package sold or exposed for sale, of the name and address of the vendor.
(2.) All dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies which are sent, conveyed, sold, or exposed for sale in contravention of this section shall, together with the vessel or package containing the same, be forfeited, and, in addition thereto, the person sending, selling, or exposing for sale the same shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
10.—(1.) Save as hereinafter mentioned, after the commencement of this Ordinance, dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies shall as to storage...
Page 310
...
Repealed
See 27/4/1910 (Jewelling)