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Olicers to

have powera

officer.

3. A Commanding Officer and a Commissioned Officer of a police during such time as he may be detailed for such duty by a Commanding Officer shall for the purpose of enforcing the appropriate law have all the powers vested in an Inspector of Police and in an Immigration Control Officer whether by virour of the appropriate law or of any other law applicable to the Colony,

Command-

hay take

4. For the purpose of requiring a vessel to stop a Com ing Officer manding Officer.may authorize the firing of a gun as a signal appropriate or may take such other measures as he may deem appropriate in

indicate that such vessel is required to stop.

measures

Lo require vessel La stop.

Command-

ing Officer

vessel refusing to atop.

5. Where in exercise of any power conferred by these may fire at regulations a vessel (not being or having the status of a ship of war) has been lawfully required to stop and fails to do so a Commanding Officer, after taking such measures as may reason- ably be taken to identify the ship under his command as one of His Majesty's ships of war or one of the ships of war maintained by the Caluny, as the case may be, may compel such vessel i bring to by firing at her or by the use of such other force as he may deem appropriate.

Indemnity

6. Every person acting in the aid or by the direction of a for persone Commanding Officer or Commissioned Officer who is purporting to act in the exercise of any power conferred by these regulations shall be and is hereby indemnified and discharged from any indictment penalty action or other proceeding for so doing.

acting in nid of a Command-

ing Officer or Com-

misuione.t

Officer.

THE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ORDINANCE, 1943. REGULATIONS BY THE GOVernor in Council.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922, as amended by the Emergency Regulations (Amendment) Ordinance, 1949, and by the Emergency Regulations (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance, 10p), the Governor in Council hereby makes the following regulations:-

1.

REGULATIONS.

These regulations may be cited as the Emergency Citation. (Control of Ships and Aircraft) Regulations, 1940.

2.

In these regulations-

"aircraft" has the same meaning as in any Order in Council for the time being in force under Part I of the Air Navigation Acts, 1930 to 1947;

"public interest" includes the interests of defence or of the preservation of public order, safety or health or of the provision or maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community:

Interpreta- tion.

10 & 11 tien. 5,

~ 80; 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, 2.44; 1 & 2 Geo. 6,

*. 33; 10 &

11 Geo. 6,

G. 18.

"ship" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, but shall not include a ship or vessel Ordinance belonging to His Majesty.

CouscL CHAMBER,

No. 10 of

Alustain Wal

1899,

Deputy "Clark of Conacris.

3. (1) The Governor, and any person acting on his behalf, Entry and may, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the public departure

of ships interest so to do, give directions as respects any particular ship and or aircraft, or any class of ships or aircraft-

aircraft.

18th October,

افراد الم الريال

Explanatory Note.

The physical control of the movement of vessels in colonial water! is exercised by the Marine Police who are at present inadequately equipped to exercise sufficient control outside the limits of the port of Victoria. Such control is necessary inter alia for the enforcement of enactmenta regulating merchant shipping and immigration control. The object of the present regulations is to confer upon a Commissioned Officer of the Roya Navy and of certain other naval forces or upon a midshipman if he is is command of the vessel, the powers vested by law in an Immigration Control Officer and in an Inspector of Police. As the exercise of these powera_moy render it necessary to stop and search vessels which may prove unwille to comply an officer in command of a warship is authorised to fire ala vessel which fails to stop when lawfully required so to do.

(a) that no such ship or aircraft shall enter or leave the harbours and territorial waters of the Colony or the Colony, As the case may be, except with permission granted by him or such person as may be specified in the directions; or

(b) that any such ship or aircraft shall within such time as may be specified by any such directions leave the harbours and territorial waters of the Colony or the Colony.

(a) If any ship or aircraft enters or attempts to enter, or leaves or attempts to leave the harbours and territorial waters of the Colony or the Colony, as the case may be, in contraventian