MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
965
(2) In the following cases :-
Obstruction of wharf, mooring, etc.
(a) if any launch, junk, or other vessel shall be found improperly 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 one hundred 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 fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two 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 in Council may by regulations prescribe, from any ship, junk, or boat, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred 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, any obstruction, whether floating, submerged, or sunk, in the waters of the Colony, caused by such person or belonging to him or in his charge or keeping; and if such person fails to remove the obstruction within the specified time, the Harbour Master shall cause it to be removed, and may recover the expenses of removal from the person named in the notice; or, if no such person can be found, the obstruction, when removed by the Harbour Master, may be sold to defray the expense of such removal.