CAP. 143]
Originally 13 of 1919. Fraser
13 of 1919.
22 of 1950.
27 of 1950.
37 of 1950.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Licence for dealing in or collecting marine stores.
Conditions of licence.
Marine Stores Protection.
CHAPTER 143.
MARINE STORES PROTECTION.
For the more effectual protection of marine stores.
[18th July, 1919.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Marine Stores Protection Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance-
"dealer in marine stores" means any person who keeps a shop for dealing in, buying or selling marine stores, whether solely or together with other articles; "marine stores" includes coal, anchors, cables, sails, old junk, old iron, old metal, scrap metal, broken metal or partly manufactured metal goods, or defaced or old metal goods; or any single one of such articles or any marine stores or marine store of any description, but does not include provisions of any kind; "marine stores collector" means any person who makes use of any wharf or launch or any junk, lighter, cargo boat or sampan, or open boat of any description, whether belonging to him or not, in connexion with buying any marine stores, either for his own use or benefit or for the use or benefit of another person.
3. No person shall carry on the trade or business of a dealer in marine stores, or shall be a marine stores collector, unless he is the holder of a licence for that purpose, and no licence shall be granted to a marine stores collector except through and on the application of a dealer in marine stores who shall give security in such sum as may be fixed by the Governor in Council by regulation for every marine stores collector to whom a licence is granted on his application for the performance and observance by such collector of the conditions of such licence and of the regulations affecting the same, and of the provisions of this Ordinance.
4. Every such licence shall be granted by and held at the discretion of the Commissioner of Police, who shall have power to cancel the same for a breach of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder, on such
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