1558 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
General.
1. All boats referred to in these regulations must be duly licensed as therein
directed, and no person shall engage or let out for hire any such boat unless it has been
so licensed.
2. Every person in charge of a licensed boat must show his licence when required
to do so by any officer of the Police, Registrar General's, or Harbour Departments, or
Ordinance 1 by the employer of such boat, each of whom is hereby empowered to board and examine
of 1862. § 15.
such boat.
3. All boats may be stopped and searched by the Police.
4. Every boat shall go alongside a wharf when ordered to do so by a Police con
stable, and shall, when conveying passengers, be carefully steered, and travel with
reasonable expedition .
5. The Registrar General is authorised to refuse a licence, or, if a licence has been
granted, to withdraw the same and cause it to be forfeited, in respect of any boat which
has been reported to him by the Police not to be as regards repairs and cleanliness in a
state fit for public use ; or for any misconduct on the part of the licensee, or any of the
crew ofthe boat.
6. The licensee of every boat will be held responsible for any breach of these regu
lations, and for any misconduct on the part of himself or of the crew of his boat.
7. No boat shall lie or ply for hire within 300 feet of any ship - of-war without the
written permission of the Harbour Master or of the officer in command of such ship-of
war.
8. Any breach of these regulations shall be punishable with a penalty not exceeding
100 dollars, or , in default of payment, with imprisonment not exceeding 3 months, with
or without hard labour.
Cargo boats.
9. Cargo boat licences shall be issued by the Registrar General on production of a
certificate from the Harbour Master or his deputy, stating the particulars required by
form A. hereto annexed. A fee of one dollar shall be payable to the Harbour Master
for this certificate. The applicant shall furnish the Registrar General with his photo
See Regulations graph and shall also give such security for his appearance when required as the Registrar
4th March, 1881.
General may demand . Each licence shall be numbered, and shall not be transferable.
10. Each licence shall state the length, breadth, depth, and deadweight capacity
of the boat, together with the scale of fares, and shall be valid for one year only, from
the 1st April.
11. Every boat for which a licence has been granted shall carry on each bow and
on its stern, legibly painted upon wood, the number of its licence in figures 24 inches
in height, and no other number. Such number shall not be concealed, and such boat
See Ordinance 1 shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a light, visible all round, not less than two
of 1862. § 15. feet above the gunwale.
12. No boat shall have a false bottom , or any other secret compartment for the
concealment of goods or persons.