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HONG KONG.
No. 29 OF 1946.
225.
L. S.
I assent.
Short titie.
Interpreta- tion.
Cargo to be tallied by licensed tallyclerks.
Issuing Licences.
MARK YOUNG, Governor.
29th November, 1946.
An Ordinance to provide for the Licensing of Tally-
clerks.
JAZD
[29th November, 1946.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Tallyclerks (Licensing) Ordinance, 1946/
2. In this Ordinancé
"ship" means a ship of more than 60 registered tons,
"lighters' includes barges, junks, sampans or other like craft for carrying goods,
"godown" in respect of cargo discharged or discharging from any ship means the godown, warehouse, store or other like building in/which such cargo is first lodged after dis- charge and in respect of cargo being or intended to be loaded into any ship, the godown, warehouse, store or other like building in which such cargo is last lodged prior to loading,
"Sworn Measurer" means any person who the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports is satisfied is for the time being employed or a member of a firm employed by the Far Eastern Freight Conference as a sworn measurer and weigher.
3 (1) No cargo shall be tallied in or out of any ship in the Colony except by a tallyclerk licensed under the pro- visions of this Ordinance.
(ii) The expression "tallied in or out of any ship" in Sub-section (i) of this section shall include in respect of any cargo discharged or discharging from or being or intended to be loaded into any ship all tallying from ship to godown or from godown to ship as the case may be including in each. case all intermediate tallying in and out of lighters or other- wise howsoever.
4. (i) The Superintendent of Imports and Exports (hereinafter called "the Superintendent') shall issue licences under this Ordinance: Provided always that except in the case of the renewal of a licence already issued under this Ordinance the Superintendent shall not issue a licence to any applicant unless such applicant produces a certificate signed by a Sworn Measurer to the effect that such applicant is in the opinion of the Sworn Measurer a fit and proper person to be licensed as a tallyclerk.