NAVAL STORES.
No. 4 of 1875.
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9. Every person who, with intent to conceal His Majesty's property in any stores, takes out, destroys, or obliterates, wholly or in part, any such mark as aforesaid shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 4 years.
10.--(1) If stores are found in the possession or keeping of any person being in His Majesty's service or in the service of the Admiralty, or being a dealer in marine stores or in old metals or a pawnbroker (within the meaning of any enactments relating to such dealers or to pawnbrokers), and he is taken or summoned before a Magistrate, and the Magistrate sees reasonable grounds for believing the stores found to be or to have been His Majesty's property, then, if such person does not satisfy the Magistrate that he came lawfully by the stores found, he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 25 dollars.
(2) For the purposes of this section, stores shall be deemed to be in the possession or keeping of any person if he knowingly has them in the actual possession or keeping of any other person or in any house, building, lodging, apartment, field, or place, open or enclosed, whether occupied by himself or not and whether the same are so had for his own use or benefit or for the use or benefit of another person.
11.-(1) It shall not be lawful for any person, without permission in writing from the Admiralty or from some person authorised by the Admiralty in that behalf, to gather or search for stores, or to creep, sweep or dredge, in the harbour within 100 yards of any vessel belonging to His Majesty or in His Majesty's service, or from any mooring place or anchoring place appropriated to such vessels, or from any moorings belonging to His Majesty, or from any of His Majesty's wharves or dock, victualling, or steam factory yards.
(2) Every person who acts in contravention of this section shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 25 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months.
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
† As amended by No. 51 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.
‡ As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.