D. 1899.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[No. 10.
licensed
501
(5.) If any steamship licensed under this section carries within the waters of the Colony more passengers than her licence allows, the owner or master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
Penalty for steamship carrying passengers in excess.
(6.) If any unlicensed steamship not exceeding sixty tons carries within the waters of the Colony more passengers, in proportion to her size, than she would be licensed to carry under the regulations for the time being in force under this section, the master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(7) If any steamship not exceeding sixty tons, whether licensed under this section or not, plies without a master and engineer, each holding either a certificate of qualification recognized by the Board of Trade or a certificate of competency from the Harbour Master of Hongkong as provided by the said Table E, the owner or master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.
Penalty for unlicensed steamship carrying passengers in excess.
Penalty for steamship plying without certificated master or engineer.
Undue safety valve.
pressure on
Ord. 99/1909,11
Ord. 907/1909
511
exhibit lights.
(8.) If any person places an undue weight or pressure on the safety valve of any steamship not exceeding sixty tons, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.
(9.) Every steamship not exceeding sixty tons, whether licensed or not, shall, when under way in the waters of the Colony between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side, and a bright white light in the fore part of the ship at a height above the deck not less than six feet, and, if the breadth of the ship exceeds six feet, then at a height above the deck not less than such breadth, so, however, that the light need not be carried at a greater height above the deck than ten feet. These lights shall be constructed, fixed, and fitted as prescribed from time to time by the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea made by Her Majesty's Order-in-Council. Every such steamship shall, when at anchor, between sunset and sunrise, carry forward, at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the deck, a bright white light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile. Every such steamship shall also be provided with an efficient steam whistle or siren and an efficient bell.
(10.) The licence granted by the Harbour Master to any steamship under this section may be cancelled by him if at any time the Government Marine Surveyor reports to the Harbour Master that from any cause the said ship is unfit for the service for which she is intended, or in the event of security given under sub-section (2.) of this section becoming invalid. It shall also be lawful for the Governor-in-Council at any time, for any cause which he may, in his discretion, think fit, to suspend, for such time as he may think fit, or to cancel, the licence granted by the
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