MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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3. All vessels may be stopped and searched by any harbour or police or Table U revenue officer, and every person in or on board such vessel shall answer [contd.] 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 of such search.
Power to stop and search.
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.
Prosecution for breach of regulations.
5. Any breach of these regulations shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Penalty.
6. Licences shall be issued by the Harbour Master. Each licence shall be numbered and shall not be transferable.
Issue of licences by the Harbour Master.
7. Licence books must be carefully kept and preserved from injury. No person shall wilfully damage or deface any licence book and no entries shall be made therein by any person not authorised so to do.
Provisions as to safe keeping of licence books.
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 proved to his satisfaction after due inquiry that the licensee or one of the crew of the vessel has been guilty of any breach of these regulations or of misconduct in connexion with the requirements thereof.
Suspension or cancellation of licences by Harbour Master.
9. Licences shall state the length, breadth, depth, and measurement in piculs of the vessel and shall be valid for one year only or for such less period as shall be named in the licence. For those mentioned under Classes I, III and IV hereinafter indicated, licences will be issued as from 1st July, and for the remaining Classes from 1st April. Half-yearly licences may be issued at the discretion of the Harbour Master.
Particulars and duration of licence.
10. Every vessel, for which a licence has been granted, shall carry on each bow and on the stern the number of the licence legibly painted to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master, and branded on the hull in figures two inches in length. Such number shall be the only one permitted and shall not be concealed.
The number shall be painted by persons duly authorised in that behalf by the Harbour Master, and such fees shall be charged as are set out in Table T of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.
Painting of licence number.
Painting of number by authorised persons.
11. No vessel shall ply for hire within three hundred feet of any ship of war without the written permission of the Harbour Master or of the officer in command of such ship of war.
Not to ply near ship of war.
11A. No person shall, without the written permission of the Harbour Master, use drags, grapplings, or other means, within the harbour limits, for the purpose of lifting articles or things from the bed thereof.
Not to use drags etc.