980
[s. 39 contd.]
Schedule. Table U.
Penalty
where over-crowding results in
passengers.
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING,
(e) for providing adequate means for preventing by force when necessary any junk leaving the waters of the Colony or any port in violation of this section:
Provided that until other regulations are made those contained in Table U in the Schedule shall apply.
(9) In case any greater number of persons or passengers shall be taken or carried in any vessel within the waters of the Colony than is respectively allowed to be carried therein by the aforesaid regulations, and any person or passenger is drowned in consequence thereof, every person who is in charge of such vessel shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished therefor, without prejudice to any civil remedy, and in addition to any penalty provided for under the aforesaid regulations.
Report of arrival and particulars to be furnished.
Flag to be hoisted before departure; clearance.
(10) The master of every junk shall immediately on arrival in the waters of the Colony, report such arrival at the Harbour Master's office or at the nearest Harbour Master's station, or, if the said office or station is closed, as soon as possible after it is again opened for business, and shall deposit the licence and furnish the following particulars which shall be entered in a register to be kept for the purpose:
(a) the name and capacity of the junk (in piculs);
(b) the name, address and description of the owner and of the master;
(c) the name and address of every consignee or agent, if any, of the junk and cargo in the Colony;
(d) the description of the cargo on board and the number of crew and passengers;
(e) the place from which the junk sailed on the voyage to the Colony and the date of departure from such place and of arrival in the Colony; and
(f) the number or amount, and the nature of the guns, arms and ammunition carried, if any.
(11) The master of any junk about to leave an anchorage at any port shall, eighteen hours before the time of the intended departure, hoist at the highest mast-head such flag or signal as shall be specified by the Harbour Master, and shall also give notice of such intending departure, the nature of the proposed voyage together with the general character