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No, 3 of 1890,
Power to detain ship in certain
cases.
M.S. Act. 1894, s. 692 (83).
Penalty for taking detained
skip to sen.
Penalty for
taking to sea officer authorized 10 detain ship. ale.
Abstract of portions of the Unlinance to be given to master on arrival.
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
forfeitures imposed and declared by and expenses recover- able under this Ordinance, except when otherwise provid- ed, may be recovered and enforced in a suminary manner and the Marine Magistrate shall, in relation to all such offences, penalties, forfeitures, and expenses, have the like powers and authority as are given to a Magistrate under the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, in respect of offences triable on summary conviction.
(6.) Where under this Ordinance it is enacted that, under certain conditions, a ship shall not leave the waters of or any Port of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master under such conditions to detain the ship until he is satisfied that the provisions of the law have been fulfilled.
(7.) When under this Ordinance a ship is authorised or ordered to be detained, if the ship, after such detention or after service on the master of any notice of or order for such detention, proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea before it has been released by competent authority, the master of the ship and also the owner or agent and any person who sends the ship to sea, if such owner, agent, or person is party or privy to the offence, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 dollars.
(8.) Where a ship so proceeding to sea takes to sea, when on board thereof in the execution of his duty, any officer authorised to detain the ship or any surveyor or officer appointed by the Governor, the owner and master of the ship shall each be liable to pay all expenses of and incidental to the officer or surveyor being so taken to sea, and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or, if the offence is not prosecuted suminarily not exceed- ing 50 dollars for every day until the officer or surveyor returns, or until such time as would enable him, after leaving the ship, to return to the port from which he was taken, and such expenses may be recovered in like manner as the penalty.
Abstract of the Ordinance.
44. An abstract of such portions of this Ordinance as the Governor may approve shall be delivered to the master of every vessel on her entering the waters of the Colony; and if, before obtaining clearance, the master does not return such abstract to the Harbour Master, he shall pay a fee of 1 dollar for the same.
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GOVERNMENT BUOYS.
Conditions made by the Governor in Council under section 28 (1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, (Ordinance No. 10 of 1899), this 2nd day of February, 1970.
1. All Government buoys shall be painted Red, with numbers and the letters "A",
B",
'C", painted
thereon in black.
2.
*C
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or
A class buoys shall be for ships from 150 feet to 600 feet in length.
C
B" class buoys shall be for ships from 300 feet
to 150 feet in length.
"C" class buoys shall be for ships of 300 feet or
under.
3. The fees payable for the use of Government buoys shall be as follows:-
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A class buoys $8 per day or part of a day. F B
15
>>
"
$6 $4
"
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It is hereby notified that all ships lying at Govern- ment Moorings shall raise steam as soon as possible after the Typhoon Signal is hoisted. Ships lying at B and C Buoys shall shift during daylight to an anchorage for the night.
All ships lying at Government Buoys should be prepared to let go an anchor well clear of the Moorings, and when necessary assist the Mooring by using main engines as requisite.
Any damage done to Government Moorings will render the ship using same liable.
The co-operation of Masters is asked for by the. Harbour Authorities in mooring their ships to buoys suitable in size to their class.
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