Amendment of section 69.
Amendment of Bection 78.
Repeal of section 83A.
Repeal and
replacement of section 34.
Amendment of section 86.
(b) by inserting after the definition of "Director" the follow-
ing new definitions-
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""explosive" includes any substance used or manu- factured with a view to producing a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect: "Government Explosives Depot" means any place or vessel designated as a Government Explosive Depol under section 13A of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance:"
3. Section 69 of the principal Ordinance is amended, in subsection (3)
(a) by deleting "signal "T" and substituting the
following
"International Code signal "C B 3".
(b) by deleting "signal "N Q"" and substituting the
following-
"International Code signal "C B 6"";
(c) by deleting “and “R X”—“Want assistance-mutiny"."". 4. Section 78 of the principal Ordinance is amended, in subsection (4), by deleting "customary flag" and substituting the following-
"International Code flag "1" ".
5. Section 83A of the principal Ordinance is repealed
fi. Section 84 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following new section-
"Prohibition 84. No master of a vessel shall cause or permit against
the vessel to be anchored within five hundred yards
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anchoring of a Government Explosives Depot without the Government permission of the Director.".
Explosive Depots.
7. Section 86 of the principal Ordinance is amended, in subsection (1), by deleting "the dangerous goods anchorage or into such other anchorage as the Director may deem expedient" and substituting the following-
Amendment of section 87.
8,
"such anchorage as the Director may direct".
Section 87 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1), by deleting “, and the sums chargeable for the storage of gunpowder, safety cartridges or other explosives":
(b) by deleting subsection (2).
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Section 88 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following new section-
"Penalty for Contra- vening section 84 or 86.
88. Any person who contravenes section 84 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 86, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.**.
10. Section 90 of the principal Ordinance is amended, in subsection (1). by deleting "as defined by the Dangerous Goods Ordinance.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 10th day of March. 1971.
Clerk to the Legistative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
Clerk to the Legistative Council.
Repeal and replacement of section 89.
Amendment of *ection 90.