No. 109.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 17 of the Piracy Proven- tion Ordinance, 1914, Ordinance No. 23 of 1914, on the 6th day of March, 1924.
The Regulations relating to ships exceeding 60 tons, made under the above Ordinance and published on pages 458 to 465 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1914, amended as appearing in Government Notification No. 347 of 1922, are hereby rescinded and the following regulations are substituted therefor :-
Ships (exceeding 60 tons).
Masters and other officers.
1. It is the duty of the master and other certificated officers to resist to the utter- most any piratical attack.
2. The appointment or employment of any person as master or other certificated officer of any British ship, or of any foreign ship holding a passenger certificate under section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, or of any foreign ship holding a special licence under section 38 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, which is about to proceed or is proceeding on any voyage from Hongkong to Macao, or to any port or place on the Canton River or the West River, shall be subject to the approval of the Governor in Council who shall in his absolute discretion have power to refuse to allow the appointment or employment of any particular person.
3. Each certificated officer, whether on or off duty, shall carry on his person one revolver and 25 rounds of ammunition at all times while the ship is in a danger zone, and he shall be familiar with the use of his weapon.
4. The master shall have complete control of the ship and all on board, and shall not be dictated to or interfered with or suffer himself to be dictated to or interfered with in any way by the owners, agents, charterers, licensees, compradore, pilot or crew if any matter connected in any manner with the repelling of any piratical attack on or on board the ship or with the rendering of assistance to any other ship so attacked or which he may consider to be in need of such assistance.
5. The master shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log-book a statement or, if there is no official log-book, cause a record to be kept, of every occasion of any such interference or attempt at interference however slight, and he shall report the same to the Harbour Master at the first opportunity.
6. When the master of any ship has any canse whatever to believe or to conside. that any other ship may be in need of assistance in respect of a piratical attack it shall be his duty to approach such ship as closely as possible, to stand by it, to prevent the access of pirates to or from native craft, to assist in rescue work, to call other ships to the aid of the ship attacked, and to do all such other acts as may be necessary or advisable to assist the said ship in repelling the attack.
7. No certificated officer shall take any part in or be present at the collection of tickets or fares from the passengers.
Construction.
8. Dodgers constructed of bullet proof material shall be erected on the bridge leck aft of the wheel house.
9. A screen not less than three feet high, measured from the deck, and constructed of bullet proof material shall be erected on the foreside of the bridge across the entire breadth of the bridge deck.
10. A strong and substantial grille of expanded metal or barbed wire with suitable automatic locks shall be strongly and substantially erected across the ship aft of the line of the dodgers,
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