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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Table U.
[ss. 28, 39 and 43.]
Regulations for the Licensing, Management, and Control of Junks and other Chinese Vessels.
GENERAL.
Obligation to obtain licence.
1. All vessels referred to in these Regulations must be duly licensed as therein directed. No person shall engage or let out for hire any vessel unless it has been licensed according to these Regulations.
Licence Book.
Showing of licence to certain officers.
Power to stop and search.
Prosecution for breach of Regulations.
Penalty.
Issue of licences by the Harbour Master.
Issue of duplicate licences.
Suspension or cancellation of licences by the Harbour Master.
The word "vessels" in this Table shall have the same meaning as in section 39 (1) of the Ordinance.
All licences shall be kept in a Licence Book which shall be in one of the forms in Table T. For the issue of each Licence Book 1 dollar shall be charged. If the Licence Book is damaged, defaced or lost, a new one will be issued for which 10 dollars will be charged.
2. Every person in charge of a licensed vessel must stop and show his licence when required to do so by any Police Officer or by any officer of the Harbour Department, or by any Revenue Officer, or by the employer of such vessel, each of whom is hereby empowered to board and examine such vessel.
3. All vessels may be stopped and searched by any Police Officer or by any officer of the Harbour Department, or by any Revenue Officer, and every person in or on board such vessel shall answer truly all questions put to him by such officer as to the ownership of such vessel, and any such answer may be given in evidence in any proceedings thereafter instituted against any person in or on board of such vessel at the time when she was so searched.
4. For any breach of these Regulations, the licensee or owner or any of the crew of a licensed vessel shall be liable to be prosecuted before a Magistrate, and, if found guilty, to be punished accordingly.
5. Any breach of these Regulations shall be punishable with a penalty not exceeding 100 dollars.
6. Licences shall be issued by the Harbour Master on production of a certificate from the Inspector of Junks stating the particulars required by the form hereto annexed. Each licence shall be numbered and shall not be transferable.
7. Whenever any licence issued under these Regulations has been lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be granted by the proper officer if he is satisfied of such loss or destruction, upon payment of one-tenth of the original fee, in no case exceeding $1.
8. The issue of a licence shall be in the discretion of the Harbour Master, and any licence may be suspended or cancelled by him, if it is...
*As amended by G.N. 122 of 1912, No. 8 of 1912, No. 43 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.