CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 501

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formation for owner, master, or engineer who, on being applied to for that that purpose, purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such information or Ibid s. 321-1 assistance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five

Harbour Master may refuse clour~ ances to ship

passeneurs

dollars.

Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of the Numbere "allowed by Certificate, or in a certain proportion to tonnage. IV. The muster of any steam-ship currying more than ten pas- sengers shall, upon application to the Harbour Master for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he purposes to

carrying more Carry in the then projected voyage; and if such number shall be in excess of the number mentioned in the certificate or where no ihas allowed certificate is required in excess of the proportion to tonnage con- by certificate, taiurd in table 4 of the schedule hereunto annexed, the larbour [Ibid s. 818.] Master may refuse a port clearance to such ship. Any master wilfully misrepresenting the number of passengers so about to be carried shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars,

Penalty for

2. Any master of any such ship who shall, after having obtained taking more such port clearance, wilfully take or receive on board such vessel

passengers

than allowed any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the said by certificate. part clearance, shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not [Ibid s. 319.] exceeding two hundred dollars in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted

Governor may prohibit con- veyance of deck passengers.

Steam vessels

under 50 zona

not to carry

Itire without

to be carried by the said port clearance; and the master of any ship proceeding to sea without a port clearance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Conneil to probibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any steam-ship or vessel pro- 'pelled by steam,

4. This section shall not apply to ships or vessels which come within the operation of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," or of any Ordinance made or hereafter to be made in pursuance of the provisions thereof.

Steam-crssels under 50 tons.

V. It shall not be lawful for any steam-vessel of less than fifty tons burden to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the

passengers for Colony, or to any place ontside the waters of the Colony, unless she has obtained a licence as hereinafter provided; and in case any such steami-vessel shall be so employed as aforesaid without a licence, the owner, waster, or person in charge thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

licence, [No. 8 of

1875.j

The Harbour

2. The Harbour Master may issue to steam-vessels of less than Master to issue fifty tons burden licences for carrying passengers upon the condi-

licences.

Regulations.

Alteration, or repeal of

regulations.

Penalty for

carrying pas sengers in

excess of the

licence. Penalty for anlicensed stramer

arriving with

EXCOSSIVO number of

passengers. Steamers to

tions prescribed by such regulations as are for the time being in force under this section.

3. The regulations contained in table D of the schedule here- unto annexed shall continue in fores until altered or repealed as hereinafter provided.

4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, altar, amend, or repeal the said regulations or any of them, and may make other regalations as he deems requisite. Every new regula tion and every alteration, amendment, or repeal of an existing regulation shall be published in the Gazette, and after such publication shall have the force of law.

5. If any steam-vessel licensed under this section carries within the waters of the Colony more passengers than her licence allows, the owner or master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

6. If any unlicensed steam-vessel of less than fifty tons burden arrives in the waters of the Colony carrying more passengers in proportion to her size then she would be licensed to carry under the regulations for the time being in force under this section, the master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

7. Every steam-vessol, whether licensed or not, of less than fifty exhibit lights. tons burden shall, when under way between sunset, and sunrise,

Offences

against regulations,

exhibit a green light on the starboard bow and a red light on the port bow and a bright light at least tea faut above the coloured lights; and every such steam-vessel shall, when at anchor between sunset and saurise, exhibit a bright light at least 10 feet above the gunwales.

8. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this section, or against any of the regulations in force for the time being under this section, where no penalty is specified, shall be liable to a penalty pot exceeding fifty dollars.

River Steamers.

Steamers lear- VI. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, grant ing Hongkong, mperial Beeners for steam-ships or vessels propelled by steam, aran leaving or entering the waters of the Colony for or from Canton,

or for or from any place on the Canton river, or for or from limited numberMacao, in respect to the number of passengers to be carried on

ton only allow-

ed to carry a

400

$32.