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(g) If any trading junk fails to produce its Chinese
Maritime Customs pass book and proof of payment of
Customs dues the proper Hong Kong authorities
shall forthwith report the matter to the
Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs; and
the proper Hong Kong authorities may seize such
junk as security for the payment to the Chinese
Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable
under the regulations of the Chinese Maritime
Customs if the junk had been detained in s imilar
circumstances in Chinese Waters. Failing payment
of such dues the Hong Kong Government shall be en-
titled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese
Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against
the master or owner, or against the junk. The
master of any such junk shall also be liable
upon conviction at the prosecution of the Hong
Kong Government to a fine for failure to produce
the Chinese Maritime Customs pass book of the
junk or for failure to produce proof of payment
of automs dues.
(h) Every trading junk on entering or clearing at an
anchorage in the Col ny shall deposit with the
proper Hong Kong authorities a manifest in
duplicate, in English or Chinese, of all cargo
carried. The proper Hong Kong authorities
shall forthwith forward one copy of such manifest
to the Commissioner of Customs. Any person
depositing a false manifest shall be liable to
fine and imprisonment at the prosecution of the
Hong Kong Government.
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