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Person proposing to despatch notice to Postmaster General.
No. 6 of 1900.
POST OFFICE.
30.—(1) Every person proposing to despatch a vessel to any port or place out of the Colony, excepting vessels plying daily or on fixed days to Macao or to places on the Canton River, shall, so soon as the time for the departure of such vessel has been arranged, give the first intimation thereof to the Postmaster General, and also of any alteration in the day or hour of departure of the said vessel, and the Postmaster General shall give notice to the public of the day and hour for closing the mails, if any are to be made up for transmission by such vessel.
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Master of ship to receive and carry mails.
Offences.
(2) Every alteration of the hour of departure of any vessel plying daily or on fixed days to Macao or to places on the Canton River shall, in like manner, be intimated to the Postmaster General by the person despatching such vessel.
[s. 31, rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]
32.-(1) The master of every vessel shall receive on board all mail bags and correspondence tendered to him by the Postmaster General for transmission and shall sign a receipt for the same.
(2) The owner or agent of any vessel who refuses to allow any mail to be put on board of or transmitted by such vessel shall be guilty of an offence.
Offences.
33.-(1) The following shall be deemed offences:--
(a) any infringement of the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster General;
(b) any refusal, neglect, or omission to do any act required by this Ordinance to be done;
(c) any refusal to permit or obstruction of any such act;
(d) the doing of any act forbidden by this Ordinance; and
(e) any infringement of regulations made by the Governor under section 12.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
As amended by No. 17 of 1915 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.