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[s. 39 contd.]
Licences to
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING
(16) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to grant to any vessel other than a junk a licence, in like manner and in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (5), when it appears to him that such vessel is to be employed in the same or a similar manner as a junk, and such vessel shall, so long as the said licence is in force, be considered for all purposes of this Ordinance to be a junk. For any such licence the same fee shall be paid as for a junk.
Junks and other craft to be subject to orders of Harbour Master.
Discipline of harbour.
Penalty for disobeying Harbour Master's orders.
Penalty for bringing mendicants, etc., into the Colony.
(17) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to order vessels to anchor or secure in such place as he may direct, or to prohibit their anchoring or securing in any particular place, or to order them to remove to any other place.
(18) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to give such orders to all vessels, for the proper discipline of the harbour and for the prevention of disorder or confusion, or otherwise as he may think fit.
(19) Every master of any vessel who shall, when within the waters of the Colony, disobey any lawful orders of the Harbour Master, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(20) Every master of a junk who brings into the Colony any person who, in the opinion of the magistrate before whom the charge is tried, has come to the Colony for the purpose of mendicancy, or any person suffering from leprosy or any infectious or contagious disease, or who removes any such person from one part of the Colony to another, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars unless in the case of any person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, such master can show to the satisfaction of the magistrate that he had no reasonable means of knowing that such person was so suffering.
Power to board any junk and demand inspection of documents.
(21) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or any person deputed thereto by him, or for any officer of police or any revenue officer, at any time to stop and board any vessel within the waters of the Colony and demand the production of any licence or special permit, and in case by reason of the non-production of any of such documents, or for any other reason, there shall be ground to believe or suspect that any provision of the law has been violated by the master of such vessel, or in case the document produced shall appear from the date thereof, or from any other cause,