CO129-569-12 Law Revision Ordinance 1937 24-12-1937 - 28-5-1938 — Page 28

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Schedule, contd.

AMENDMENT OR REPEAL

56. The

Merchant Shipping Ordin- ance, 1899.

(No. 10 of 1899.),| -contd.

(ii) by the repeal of sub-section (7) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following sub-section :-

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absence

(7) The magistrate shall have and Court may may exercise the aforesaid powers of for- proceed in feiture and disposal, notwithstanding that of owner the owner of the goods may not have com-

of goods. mitted any offence under the provisions of this section relating to dangerous goods, and may not be before the magistrate, and may not have notice of the proceedings, and notwithstanding that there may be no evidence of the ownership of the goods; nevertheless the magistrate may require such notice to be given to the owner or shipper of the goods before the same are forfeited."

(8) Section 22 (2) is amended by the repeal of the word Schedule in the sixth line thereof and the substitution therefor of the word Regulations".

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(9) Section 26 (2) (b), as enacted by Ordin- ance No. 23 of 1932, is repealed and the following paragraph substituted there- for:

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(b) No vessel shall without a written permit from the Harbour Master be moor- ed or at anchor, between 9 p.m. and 5 a. m., within a distance of less than one hundred yards from low water mark of such part of the Colony as may for the time being be declared in paragraph 2 of Table N in the Regulations to be a part of the Colony in respect of which the pro- visions of section 26 (2) (h) of this Ordin- ance shall apply: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-paragraph shall be construed as extending to any vessel moored or at anchor alongside any private wharf with the written consent of the owner of such wharf."

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(10) Section 39 is amended by the repeal of the word Schedule in the ninth line of sub-section (1), the fifth line of sub- section (2) (c), the last line of sub-section (8), the second and last lines of sub- section (12) thereof and the substitution therefor of the word "Regulations ".

(11) Section 41 (3) is amended by the repeal

of the words "the marine magistrate in the sixth line thereof and the substitu. tion therefor of the words a marine magistrate ".

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(12) Section 42 (1) (c) is amended by the repeal of the word Schedule and the substitution therefor of the word "Regula- tions".

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(18) Section 42 (2) is amended by the repeal of the words except for breach of quarantine regulations in the fourth line thereof.