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No. 10 of 1899.
Refusing to pay fare.
Obstruction of wharf, improper mooring, etc.
Firearms not to be used except in certain cases
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Harbour Master may remove obstruction, etc.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(g) hires any vessel and refuses or neglects on demand by the person in charge thereof to pay the lawful fare, such person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 months.
Any constable may take into custody any person offending against paragraph (b) of this sub-section, and may seize and detain any boat in which such person is found or out of which any article is let fall, thrown, or conveyed away. It shall be lawful for the master or other person in charge of any ship to take into custody and deliver up forthwith to any constable any person offending against paragraph (d) of this sub-section.
(2) In the following cases,-
(a) if any launch, junk, or other vessel shall be found alongside any public wharf or landing place (not being engaged in taking on board or landing passengers or cargo) or alongside any vessel, private wharf, or landing place (unless with the permission of the master or owner thereof), or lying off any vessel, wharf, or landing place, public or private, so as to obstruct the free access of other vessels thereto; or
(b) if any lighter, junk, or boat is moored or at anchor at a distance of less than 100 yards from low water mark of such part of the Colony as may be declared by regulation to be made by the Governor-in-Council, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to any lighter, junk, or boat moored or at anchor alongside of any private wharf with the consent of the owner thereof,
the owner, master, or other person in charge thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 months.
(3) Except as is provided by section 25 (3), or except in cases of ships of war, or ships carrying mails in respect of the mail signal gun, no cannon, gun, firearm, or firework of any description shall be discharged, without the sanction of the Harbour Master, within such portions of the waters of the Colony as the Governor may by regulations prescribe, from any ship, junk, or boat, under a penalty not exceeding 200 dollars.
Removal of Obstructions.
27. The Harbour Master may, by written notice, require any person to remove, within a reasonable time to be specified in such notice...
* As amended by No. 17 of 1912.