ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 . 1527
Merchant Shipping.
No master of
9. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel having on board a vessel
having more
gunpowder exceeding in quantity two hundred lbs. , to anchor nearer than than two
five hundred yards of any other vessel . hundred lbs.
of gunpowder
on board to
anchor within
five hundred
yards of any
other vessel.
Ibid , sec.
12.]
10. It shall not be lawful for any person, without the permission in No person to
keep in any
writing of the Governor , to keep for any time however short within any house, store.
&c. more than
house , store, godown , or other place on land , a larger quantity ofgunpowder fifteen lbs . of
gunpowder.
than fifteen lbs. [Ibid. see.
13. ]
11. It shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace or Police officer Power to
Justices to
duly authorised by warrant to enter and if necessary to break into any issue warrant
to search.
house, store, godown, vessel, or place either on land or water within [Thid, see.
14.]
which such Justice of the Peace shall be credibly informed on oath, or
shall have reasonable grounds of his own knowledge to suspect and
believe that gunpowder is kept or carried or is on board of any vessel
contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
12. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered to make rules Governor in
Council
and regulations for the proper carrying out the provisions of this chapter, empowered
to frame rules
including the storage of gunpowder on land, or its carriage within the for carrying
out provisions
waters of the Colony , and to fix and vary, from time to time, the sums of chapterand
to fix charges.
chargeable for the storage of gunpowder as hereinbefore prescribed , and [ bid, sec.
16. ]
every violation or neglect of any such rules or regulations shall render
the party so offending liable to the penalties imposed by subsection 14 of
this section for offences against any provisions thereof.
13. The sums charged in respect of such storage shall be paid Sums how to
be paid and if
monthly by the party claiming to be entitled to such gunpowder, and in not paid how
to be recover
the event of the same not being paid within twenty-one days after the d
[Ibid, see.
same shall have become due and payable, it shall be lawful for the 17 ]
Governor to direct the said gunpowder to be sold in order to defray the
expense of storage, and the proceeds thereof after deducting all Govern
ment charges and the expenses of sale shall be paid to the party who
shall
prove himself entitled thereto to the satisfaction of the Governor.
14. Every person who shall violate or refuse , or fail to comply with Trial of offen
the ces under this
provisions of this chapter, shall incur a penalty not exceeding three chapter.
[Ibid, sec.
hundred dollars , or imprisonment for any period not exceeding six 18. ]
months .