46 COLONIAL ORDINANCES.
Permission may at any Time be forfeited on Conviction of any
Offence before a Police Magistrate.
Chinese Boats, &c. XI. And be it further enacted and ordained , That every Chinese
to be Registered.
Boat, or Vessel plying for Hire within the Waters of this Colony, or
carrying Passengers between this Colony and the neighbouring
Ports, shall obtain from the Registrar-General a Certificate of such
Form and under such Security as to him shall seem fit, upon Payment
of a Fee according to Size as in the Schedule hereunto annexed
Number of Registry marked A ; and while in the Waters of this Colony such Boat or
Ticket to be affixed to Vessel shall carry on each Bow and on the Stern the Number of its
each Boat.
Register Ticket, painted on Wood or Tin, which Number shall be
supplied by the Registrar-General ; and if any Person, being Owner
Penalty on Boat or Master of such Boat or Vessel, shall let to hire or ply, or cause
Owners.
to be let to hire or plied, any such Boat or Vessel within the
Waters of this Colony, without having first applied for and obtained
such Certificate or Registry, or having obtained such Certificate,
shall not have affixed the Number thereof on the Bows and Stern
of such Boat or Vessel as aforesaid, or shall shew a False Certificate
of Registry, or one granted to another Vessel, or shall permit or
connive at the said Certificate being made use of for any other
Vessel, or shall paint or exhibit a False Number on the said Boat
or Vessel, or shall refuse to shew such Certificate of Registry
to any Person when so required , he or they shall in any or either
of such Cases for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Sum not
exceeding Fifty Dollars, and be liable to Confiscation of the Boat
on Non-payment ofthe Fine ; Provided that these Provisions shall in
no case apply to Vessels visiting the Colony for the Purposes of Trade.
Squatters on Crown
Lands. XII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That from and
after the passing of this Ordinance any Person who shall reside or
continue to reside on the Crown Lands in this Colony without
Permission from the Registrar- General, or shall erect any Dwelling-
House, Mat-shed, or other Building thereon, shall be liable to a
Penalty of not more that Fifty Dollars and the Removal of his
House or Shed, in Accordance with the Provisions of Ordinance No.
14 of 1845 , called An Ordinance to Repeal Ordinance No. 5 of 1844,
entitled, " An Ordinance for the Preservation of Good Order and
Cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies,"
and to make other provisions in lieu thereof.
Suspicious Charac- XIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That it shall and
ters to find Security
for their Appearance may be lawful for any Police Magistrate to cause any Person being
within Twelve Months. a Chinese who shall be brought before him, to find reasonable
Security for his Appearance at any Time within Twelve Months,
whenever he may be required to give Evidence in any Judicial
Proceedings, or answer any Charge that may be preferred against
him ; and in case such Person shall fail to find such Security, and
shall not be a permanent Resident in the Colony, such Police Magis-
trate may order such Person to leave the Colony and not return
thereto, under a Penalty of not more than Fifty Dollars or Three
Months' Imprisonment with or without Hard Labour.
Penalty for Non-pos- XIV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every
session of a Registry
Ticket, and for Evasion Chinese who shall not possess a Registry Ticket in conformity with
the