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Suppression of Piracy Regulations.
1971 Ed.]
(a) on the east:
(b) on the west:
(c) on the south:
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a north and south line drawn through the Fat Tong Mun Pass;
a north and south line drawn through the Kap Shui Mun Pass; and
an east and west line drawn through the centre of Lo Chau or Beaufort Island, and continued until it meets the east and west boundaries
(hereinafter referred to as the local trade limits)
or leave or attempt to leave any place of mooring or place of call in the waters of the Colony and outside the said harbour, while carrying or for the purpose of carrying any passenger to any place within the local trade limits, unless and until a search of the nature mentioned in regulation 10 has been carried out, nor until the master or other person in charge thereof shall have obtained a certificate in writing of the kind mentioned in regulation 10:
Provided that this regulation shall not apply-
(a) in the case of any launch or motor boat on occasions
when it is used solely for purposes of pleasure; and
(b) to any ship anchoring solely for purposes of navigation.
12. No ship to which regulation 11 applies shall call at any place en route unless such place of call and the intended hour of departure therefrom have been notified to and approved by the Commissioner of Police. Approved hours of departure shall be adhered to.
13. Except with the permission of the Commissioner of Police, or in saving life or rescue work at sea, no person shall be allowed to embark on and nothing shall be brought on board any ship after delivery of the certificate required by regulations 10 and 11 and before leaving the waters of the Colony, or arrival at the first place of call therein (notified and approved as aforesaid), as the case may be.
14. (1) Every police officer in carrying out or taking part in any search required or authorized by these regulations shall have power to search any vessel and its stores and equipment, and the master, officers, staff and crew, and their belongings, the passengers and their goods and baggage, and the cargo, and every person and thing on board, and every person who may apparently be about to go on board and everything which apparently is about to be put on board, and may do all such acts and things as may be reasonably necessary in order to carry out such search effectually.
(2) The police officer in charge of any search party, and any police officer superior to him, shall have power to detain any vessel until in his opinion the searching shall have been completed.
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