MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
981
of cargo, and particulars of any arms, ammunition, and other articles on board, at the Harbour Master's office or station, as the case may be, at which the licence of such junk has been deposited, and he will thereupon, if there is no reasonable objection, have the licence returned to him: Provided always, that in case such junk shall not leave the said anchorage within twenty-four hours thereafter, the master shall report the same at the Harbour Master's office or station, as the case may be, and the reason thereof, and shall, if so required, re-deposit the said licence.
Table T.
(12) The Harbour Master or the officer in charge of any Special Harbour Master's station may, upon payment of the fee prescribed in Table T in the Schedule, grant to the master of any licensed vessel a special permit, valid for one voyage only, for the doing of any act mentioned in such permit. Such special permit may authorise a trading junk licensed to trade only within the waters of the Colony to leave the waters of the Colony for one voyage only. The special permits shall be in the form of entry in the junk's pass book as shown in Table T in the Schedule.
(13) No vessel shall leave any port of the Colony without a clearance or permit, unless the safety of the vessel (through stress of weather) shall render it necessary, and in such case, such vessel shall return to the former anchorage or place in port when such necessity shall have ceased.
(14) No junk, except a licensed fishing junk, shall leave any anchorage or attempt to leave any port between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. from October to March inclusive, nor between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. from April to September inclusive.
(15) No licence, special permit, or receipt shall be used in respect of any vessel other than the vessel therein specified, or for any purpose or for any period of time other than as therein mentioned, and any master of a vessel who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence or special permit which shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months: and every vessel in respect of which a licence or special permit has been used or attempted to be used in violation of this sub-section may, either with or without the cargo thereof, and whether the master has been brought to trial or not, at the discretion of the court, be forfeited.
[cf. sub-s. (24).]