1971-HKRS28-8-38_Part01 — Page 47

Amendment of section 69.

Amendment of section 78.

Repeal of section 83A.

Repeal and

replacement of section 84.

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;"

Section 69 of the principal Ordinance is amended, in 3. subsection (3)

(a) by deleting "signal "T"" and substituting the

following-

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"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 Bag" and substituting the following

5.

**International Code flag "1" "

Section 83A of the principal Ordinance is repealed.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 Section 84 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following new section—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

near

anchoring of a Government Explosives Depot without the Government permission of the Director.".

Explosives 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 $7.

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Section 88 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following new section--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 contraTM vening section 84 pr 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.".

18. 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 Legislative Council.

Repeal and

replacement of section 88.

Amendment of dection 90.