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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
unlawfully using licence, etc: [cf. sub-s. (24).] Licences to other vessels. Junks and other craft to be subject to orders of Harbour Master. Discipline of harbour. Penalty for disobeying Harbour Master's orders. [1.2.36.] Power to board any junk and demand inspection of documents.
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.
(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.
(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), rep. No. 7 of 1936.]
(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...