Director
and Health
Officer to
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60. Every such master shall, on the arrival of his ship with- in the waters of the Colony, allow and assist on board without be allowed delay the Director and the Port Health Officer as soon as they on board
came alongside, and shall furnish such information as may be prescribed by regulation, and every master or any officer of the ship who delays, obstructs or impedes the Director or the Port Health Officer, or refuses to give such information as may be required, or gives false particulars, shall be guilty of an offence. [22(2)
Regula- tiona, Table 4.
Ship to be Indored
where ordered.
and not removed without permission.
Ship to be entered within 24 hours.
61. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 73 every such master shall take up the berth pointed out by the Director or by any person sent on board by him for that purpose, and shall moor his ship there properly to the satisfaction of the Director, and shall not move to take up any other berth without his per- mission, except in case of necessity to be decided by the Direc- tor, and in default shall be liable to a fine of two hundred dollars.
[22(3)
(2) The master of a ship shall remove his ship to any new berth when required to do so by the Director, and in default without reasonable excuse therefor shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars for every hour that the ship remains in the old berth, after notice to remove under the hand of the Director has been given on board such ship,
[22(3)
(3) The Director may require all ships including ships of war of any foreign nation to anchor or secure in such place as he may direct or he may prohibit their anchoring or securing in any particular place.
[22(3)
(4) The obligations as to proper mooring of a ship to the satisfaction of the Director imposed by this section shall fall on the owners, agents and charterers in the case of any ship with- [22(3A)
out a master.
62. Any such master shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival at any port, enter his ship at the office of the Director or, if the said office is closed, as soon as possible after it is again open for business, and, in the case of a British ship or of a foreign ship which is not represented by a consular officer, shall deposit there the ship's articles, list of passengers, ship's re- gister, clearance from last port, and true copy of manifest, if required. In the case of a foreign ship represented by a con- sular officer the said papers shall be lodged by the master at the proper consulate. Any master who offends against the provi- sions of this section shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
[22(4)
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of Director
63. Any such master shell immediately strike spars, clear Directions hawse, or shift berth, and generally follow such directions as to be having regard to the state of the weather, the condition of the followed. port, or any other circumstances, the Director may deem it necessary to give with a view to the safety of the shipping and the proper regulation thereof. Any master who wilfully dis- obeys or neglects or fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of live hundred dollars. [22(5)
clearance
before
64. (1) Any such master about to proceed to sea shall hoist Blog Peter a Blue Peter not less than eighteen hours before the time of in- hoisted
to be tended departure, and shall give notice thereof, and if required and port shall state the nature of the intended voyage and the general to be
obtained description of the cargo to the Director who if there is no reasonable objection will furnish a port clearance, return the departure. ship's papers, and attest the manifest, if necessary. A master having obtained such clearance and not sailing within thirty-six hours thereafter shall report to the Director his reason for not sailing, and shall re-deposit the ship's papers, if required. [22(8)
(2) Any master who wilfully neglects or disobeys or fails to comply with the provisions of this section, or wilfully gives false information, or goes to sea without having obtained a port clearance, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
[22(6)
(3) If the intended voyage is to any port in China which, at any time is not open to foreign trade the Director may in his absolute discretion refuse to furnish a port clearance. [22(0)
65. No vessel of any description, whether a ship of war or Fairways otherwise, shall be allowed to anchor within any fairway which is to be kept
clear, set apart by the Director for the passage of vessels, and the master or other person in charge of any boat or other vessel dropping anchor in or otherwise obstructing such fairway shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars.
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66. (1) Every junk under way in the waters of the Colony Lights on which is not mechanically propelled shall, from sunset till sunrise, juaks and carry either-
lights on other
certain
(a) the lights prescribed for sailing vessels under way by the vessels.
international collision regulations; or