844 [ 18 of 1886. ] BOARD OF SHIP LIQUOR SALE .
No. 18 or 1886.
An Ordinance entitled An Ordinance to prevent the sale
or conveyance on board Ship of any Spirituous or Fer
mented Liquor, and to prohibit the hovering near or about
Ships ofanypersons in boatsfor the purpose of selling or
taking on board Ship ofsuch liquor .
[30th November, 1886. ]
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Short title . 1. This ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Board
of Ship Liquor Sale Ordinance, 1856.
Interpreta 2. In this ordinance unless the context indicates the contrary :
tion .
Ship shall mean any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels, and
any description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by
oars, but shall not include Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled
by steam .
Conveying 3. It shall not be lawful for any person to bring on board
liquors.
any ship any spirituous or fermented liquor of any description,
without the previous consent of the officer commanding or the
master of the ship on board of which the same may be brought;
and it shall be lawful for any officer in Her Majesty's Service,
any master of any ship or warrant or petty officer of the Navy or
non -commissioned officer of Marines with or without seamen or
persons under his command or orders to search any boat hovering
about or approaching or which may have hovered about or
approached any ship and if any spirituous or fermented liquor
be found on board such boat to seize such spirituous or fermented
liquor, and the same shall be forfeited to Her Majesty ; and if
any person shall bring any spirituous or fermented liquor on
board any ship without such previous consent aforesaid, or shall
approach or hover about any ship for the purpose of bringing
any spirituous or fermented liquor on board the same, without
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such previous consent, or for the purpose of giving or selling,
without such previous consent, spirituous or fermented liquor
to men in Her Majesty's Service or on board of any ship , every
such person shall, upon a summary conviction thereof before àa
Magistrate forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding fifty dollars
for every such act or offence ; and it shall be lawful for any
officer in Her Majesty's Service or any master of any ship or
any such warrant or petty officer, or non - commissioned officer
as aforesaid , or for any constable, with or without any warrant
or other process , to apprehend or cause to be apprehended any
such offender or person so acting and to bring him or cause him
to be brought before a Magistrate for the purpose of having the
offender summarily convicted of the same.