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Penalty on master of junk for infraction of sub-s. (6.) or sub-s. (10.).
Penalty on master of junk for infraction of sub-s. (8.) or sub-s. (9.).
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No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1899
(27.) Every master of a junk who-
(a.) refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (6) or sub-section (10.) of this section; or
(b.) knowingly gives untrue particulars concerning the information which he is thereby required to furnish,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.
(28.) Every master of a junk who violates the provisions of sub-section (8.) or sub-section (9.) of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months; and such junk and her cargo may, in the discretion of the Magistrates, be forfeited to the Crown. It shall be lawful for any officer or constable of Police to arrest within the waters of the Colony, any junk or other Chinese craft leaving or attempting to leave her anchorage, or which he has good reason to believe has left her anchorage or any Port of the Colony, between the hours aforesaid.
See Order: 5 of 1905, Leg: !!
Making of regulations for licensing of boats, etc.
Repealed by
Boats, Lighters, Hulks, etc.
40.--(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make and publish regulations-
(a.) for the licensing, due management, control, and regulation, within the waters of the Colony, of all boats or other vessels, including cargo-boats, lighters, sampans, hulks, and vessels of similar description other than junks;
Ord. 48/1 Schedule: Table U.
Punishment of passengers in over-crowded boats.
(b.) for the licensing, registration, and regulation of cargo-boatmen and lightermen;
(c.) for fixing the scale of fees payable for such licences;
(d.) for fixing the scale of fares to be charged in respect of such boats or vessels;
(e.) for the regulation and management of all boats, sampans, or other vessels used as dwelling places within the waters of the Colony and not plying for hire; and
(f.) for the registration or licensing of such last-mentioned vessels and of the people dwelling in the same:
Provided that, unless and until other regulations are made, the regulations and fees contained in Table U of the Schedule to this Ordinance and the forms contained therein shall apply.
(2.) In case any greater number of persons or passengers is taken on board or carried in any boat or other vessel aforesaid within the waters of the Colony than is respectively allowed to be carried therein by the regulations in the said Table U or by any regulations hereafter made by