SUNDAY CARGO WORKING.
No. 1 of 1891.
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"The Harbour Master" includes any person authorised or deputed by him to perform any duty vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance.
3. No cargo shall be received on board, loaded, worked, or discharged from any vessel within the waters of this Colony on Sunday, without a permit (hereinafter called a Sunday Permit), in the form in the 1st schedule, from the Harbour Master.
4. An application for a Sunday Permit may be made at the Harbour Master's office on any week day, and, if not made till the Saturday preceding the Sunday for which the permit is required, the application must be made not later than 5 p.m., unless some other hour is fixed by regulations.
5. Unless such fees are altered by regulations, there shall be payable for Sunday Permits the fees mentioned in the 2nd schedule.
6. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make regulations as to the fees to be taken for Sunday Permits, the hours within which applications for such permits may be made, and the conditions on which such permits are granted, and the hours for working under them.
7. Where any cargo is received on board any vessel or loaded, worked, or discharged contrary to the provisions of section 3, the master of such vessel, and, if he leaves the Colony before conviction, then the agent and the consignee of such vessel, shall, on summary conviction, be severally liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.
8. The person in charge of every steam-launch, sampan, junk, or other boat assisting, by the carriage of cargo or otherwise, in any contravention of section 3 shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding $50, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 14 days.
* As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 19 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.