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Licence for lighters
cacgo bonta hulks and
small boats.
Regulations
No. 10 of 1899,
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, in addition to any other penalty he may thereby incur.
(7) Lighters, cargo-boats, fish-drying hulks and other bulks, sampans, and all small boats, other than pleasure boats, shall be licensed by the Harbour Master upon the payment of the prescribed fees for such periods and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and the master thereof shall cause the number of such licence to be painted in figures, which shall not at any time be concealed, of such size and in such colours and in such position as the Harbour Master shall direct. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, in addition to any other penalty be may thereby incur.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make of junks, te regulations :—
for licensing
Table 5.
Pensity
where over. crowding rasults in
drowning of passengers.
(a) for the licensing, registration, due management, control, and regulation, within the waters of the Colony, of all vessels, and for fixing the scale of fees for such licences;
(b) for fixing the scale of fares to be charged in respect of cargo- boats, lighters, and all small boats other than pleasure boats;
(c) for the regulation and management of all boats, sampans, or other vessels used as dwelling places within the waters of the Colony and not plying for hire;
(d) for the registration or licensing of such last-mentioned vessels and of the people dwelling in the same; and
(e) for providing adequate means for preventing by force when necessary any junk leaving the waters of the Colony or any port in violation of this section:
Provided that until other regulations are made those contained in Table U of the schedule shall apply.
(9) In case any greater number of persons or passengers shall be taken or carried in any vessel within the waters of the Colony than is respectively allowed to be carried therein by the aforesaid regula- tions, and any person or passenger is drowned in consequence thereof, every person who is in charge of such vessel shall be guilty
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of a misdemeanor, and may be punished therefor, without prejudice [.39
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(10) The master of every junk shall immediately on arrival in Report of the waters of the Colony, report such arrival at the Harbour arrival and particulars Master's office or at the nearest Harbour Master's station, or, if the to be
said office or station is closed, as soon as possible after it is again furnished. opened for business, and shall deposit the licence and furnish the following particulars which shall be entered in a register to be kept for the purpose :—
(a) the name and capacity of the junk (in piculs);
(b) the name, address and description of the owner and of the master;
(c) the name and address of every consignee or agent, if any, of the junk and cargo in the Colony;
(d) the description of the cargo on board and the number of crew and passengers;
(e) the place from which the junk sailed on her voyage to the Colony and the date of departure from such place and of her arrival in the Colony;
(whether carrying any and what guns, arms, or ammunition.
before
Clearance.
(11) The master of any junk about to leave her anchorage at any Flag to be port shall 18 hours before the time of the intended departure hoist hoisted at the highest mast head such flag or signal as shall be specified departure. by the Harbour Master, and shall also give notice of such intending departure, the nature of the proposed voyage together with the general character of cargo, and particulars of any arms, ammuni- tion, and other articles on board, at the Harbour Master's office or slation, as the case may be, at which the licence of such junk has been deposited, and he will thereupon if there is no reasonable objection have the licence returned to him: Provided always, that in case such junk shall not leave her anchorage within 24 hours thereafter, the master shall report the same at the Harbour Mas- ter's office or station, as the case may be, and the reason thereof and shall if so required re-deposit the said licence.
Table T.
(12) The Harbour Master or the officer in charge of any Harbour Special Mester's station may, upon payment of the fee prescribed in Table T permite. in the schedule, grant to the master of any licensed vessel a special permit ", valid for one voyage only, for the doing of any
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