1382 ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1875 ..
Naval Stores.
Holder of 5. Every dealer in marine stores to whom a licence shall have been
licence to keep
books, &c. granted shall keep a book or books fairly written, and shall enter therein
an account of all such marine stores , or old metal , as he may, from time
to time, become possessed of, stating in respect of each article the time
at which and the person from whom he purchased or received the same ,
adding in the case of every such last mentioned person a description of
his business and place of abode .
Inspection of 6. Every person to whom such licence shall have been granted shall ,
goods, books,
&c. whensoever thereunto required by any Superintendent or Inspector of
Police, or by any other member of the Police force, bearing a written
order in that behalf under the hand of a Superintendent, produce for the
inspection of the party so requiring him all or any marine stores or old
metal in his possession , or subject to his control, and all books and
papers relating to the same.
Penalties. 7. If any person acts in contravention of the provisions contained
in sections 3 , 5 , or 6, or any regulation made under section 4 , he shall
be liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to a penalty not
exceeding two hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned for any term not
exceeding three months , with or without hard labour.
Marks in 8. The marks described in the schedule to this Ordinance may be
schedule
appropriated applied in or on stores therein described to denote Her Majesty's property
for Her
Majesty's in stores so marked.
stores.
It shall be lawful for the Admiralty , their contractors , officers, and
workmen, to apply the said marks, or any of them, in or on any such
stores as are described in the said schedule.
Imitation a
misdemeanor. If any person, without lawful authority (proof of which authority
shall lie on the party accused ) , applies any of the said marks in or on
any such stores, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable
to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without
hard labour.
Obliteration 9. If any person , with intent to conceal Her Majesty's property in
with intent to
conceal Her
Majesty's pro any stores, takes out, destroys, or obliterates , wholly or in part , any such
perty, felony. mark as aforesaid , he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable, in the
discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not
exceeding four years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding
two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary
confinement.