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Power to letain ship.
Protection of police, guards and watchmen.
Penalty for obstructing search.
Other powers of search not affected.
No order etc.. to be given which might have the effect of causing failure to observe regulations.
Power to make regulations.
Liability to pay for watchmen: and guards.
applies and its stores and equipment, the crew and staff and their belongings, the passengers and their goods and baggage, and the cargo, and may do all such acts as may be reasonably necessary in order to carry out any such search effectually.
(2.) The police officer in charge of any searching party, and any police officer superior to him, shall have power to detain any such launch or ship until in his opinion the said searches shall have been completed.
(3) No action shall lie against any police officer, guard or watchman iu respect of any act bonâ fide done or omitted to be done in connection with any such search.
(4.) Every person who shall obstruct any such search shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceed- ing two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.
(5.) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as affecting any other powers of search possessed by any police officer.
16. No order of any kind whatsoever shall be given, and no threat or inducement, direct or indirect, shall be made or held out, and no pressure shall be exerted, and no advice shall be offered, which might have the effect of influencing any person to fail to observe any of the pro- visions of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder, and every person who shall give any such order, or make any such threat, or hold out any such inducement, or exert any such pressure, or offer any such advice, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
17. The Governor-in-Council shall have power to make regulations for the purposes of section 6 of this Ordinance prescribing the precautions to be observed with a view to the prevention of piracy.
18. The owners agents charterers and licensees of every launch or ship which by any regulations made under this Ordinance shall be required to carry watclnnen or
guards shall be jointly and severally liable to pay to the Colonial Treasurer such monthly sum for each watchaman or guard as may be fixed by the said regulations, and any such sum in respect of payment of which default is made may, without prejudice however to any proceedings already taken or to be taken on any bond entered into in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, be recovered as a fee payable to the Crown within the meaning of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875.
19. This Ordinance shall not apply to any launch on occasions ou which it is being used solely for purposes of pleasure.
20. The Governor in Council shall have power to exempt any launch or ship or class of launch or ship from the provisions of this Ordinance either generally or for a specified period or for a specified voyage or class of voyages and shall have power in his absolute discretion to with- draw at any time exemption so granted.
Ordinance not to apply to launch when being used for pleasure.
General power of exemption,
Ordinances 7 of 1900 al IS of 1913.
21. The Launch and River Trade Steamer (Protec- Repeal of tion against Piracy) Ordinance, 1900, and the Steam Launch and River Trade Steamer (Protection against Piracy) Ordinance, 1913, are hereby repealed.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, the 27th day of August, 1914.
M. J. BREEN,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 28th day of August, 1914.
and and
SCHEDULE.
BOND.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
The Piracy Prevention Ordinance, 1914. KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that We..
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