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are held and firmly bound to His Majesty the King His Heirs and Successors in the sum of.........thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency to be paid to His said Majesty His Heirs and Successors for which payment to be well and truly made we bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally by these presents Scaled with our seals and dated the.....
.day of.......
....One thousand Nine hundred and...
WHEREAS the said..
.are the owners agents charterers and licensees of the ship (launch)..........
NOW THE CONDITION of the above written bond or obligation is such that if the said owners agents charterers and licensees and their servants and employees and the master officers crew and staff of the said ship (launely) and any person to whom the said ship (launch) may be leased or chartered shall comply with all the provisions of the Piracy Prevention Ordinance 1914 and with all the regulations for the time being in force under the said Ordinance THEN the above written bond or obligation shall be void otherwise the sanie shall remain in full force and virtue.
Signed sealed and delivered
by the said
in the presence of
Signed sealed and delivered
by the said.
in the presence of................
Signed sealed and delivered
by the said...............
in the presence of.........
[Sec. 17.]
PIRACY PREVENTION. (23 of 1914.)
Regulations. [18th Sept., 1914.]
Launches (not exceeding 60 tons) which ply outside the Harbour of Victoria but within the Local Trade Limits.
1. These Regulations shall apply to every launch which has on board any passenger who is being carried
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for hire or reward and which plies outside the Harbour of Victoria but within the Local Trade Limits.
2. No launch shall commence its voyage or trip except from a place and at an hour previously notified to the Captain Superintendent of Police.
3. The Police shall have power to search every launch and every person and thing où board, and shall also have power to search every person who may apparently be about to go on hoard a launch and everything which apparently is about to be put on board.
4. No launch shall leave its wharf or moorings until the master has been notified by the Police that the search by them has been completed.
5. No person shall be allowed to embark on and nothing shall be brought on board any launch after the master has been notified by the Police that the search by them has been completed.
6. No launch shall call at any place en route unless such place of call and the intended hour of departure there- from has been notified to the Captain Superintendent of
Police.
7. If the Captain Superintendent of Police shall notify the owners, licensees or master that the Police will conduct a search at any such place of call. Regulations Nos. 3, 1 and 5 shall apply mutatás mutandis to such place of call,
8. If at any place of call no search is conducted by the Police the master shall cause all persons and things there taken on board to be searched.
9. A launch shall be deemed to call at a place if it taken on board any person or thing from a boat as well as if it goes alongside a wharf or otherwise moors with a view to embarking or disembarking persons or things,
10. The master and crew shall render every assistance to the Police in their searches and shall use their best endeavours to see that no ammunition or arms are smuggled on board.
11. Every launch shall stop when hailed by the Police.
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