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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBÉRSAN 12.
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30th. November,
Dongkong.
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Report on Ordinance No. .*
of 191].
...I have examined the accompanyiny Ordinance, entitled
*An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance,
1899, and certain Ordinances amending the same.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's
Instructions,
Section 2 of the Ordinance relieves steam trawlers and other
mechanically propelled fishing vessels from some of the requirements
of the Principal Ordinance with regard to the certificates of competen.
cy of their officers. Section 3 on the analogy of section 9 of Ordinan-
8 ce 20 of 1887, which deals with vehicles on land, provides a fitting
punishment ($50 fine or two months imprisonment with or without hard
labour) for persons who hire à boats and refuse to pay for them. Section
4 requires all junks within the waters of the Colony to be licensed.
Formerly licensing was not compulsory and could only be effected under
Bub-sections (14), (15) and (16) of section 39 of the Principal Ordi-
nance which is repealed by the Ordinance. Formerly also section 39 of the Principal Ordinance deal with junks and section 40 with boats,
lighters, hulks, &c. The new section 39 contains all that it is desi-
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