CO129-592-10 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 10-4-1946 - 15-4-1947 — Page 63

Definitions

CONFIDENTIAL

TENTATIVE DRAFT ORDINANCE PREPARED FOR DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPLES.

1946.

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An Ordinance to provide for the improvement and better administration

of the Port of Hong Kong, and for purposes incidental thereto.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Council the reof, as follows:

Part 1

Preliminary

1.

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Port Trust

Ordinance, 1946.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as the

Governor may by proclamation appoint and diferent dates may be

appointed for different provisions of this Ordinance

(3) This Ordinance is divided into Parts, as follows.

Part 1.

Part 2.

Part 3.

Part 4.

Preliminary.

Constitution of the Port of Hong Kong.

Constitution of the Hong Kong Port Trust.

Powers, Authorities, Duties, Functions, and Obligations of

the Hong Kong Port Trust.

Part 5. Finance, Accounts, and Audit.

Part 6.

Miscellaneous.

Schedules (to be prepared in Hong Kong).

2.

In this Ordinance unless the context or subject matter otherwise

indicates or requires "Appointed day" means the date upon which the

Governor may by proclamation appoint that this Ordinance shall ome

into operation, and if different dates are so appointed the expression

"appointed day" in relation to any provision means the date so

appointed in respect to that provision, "dock" includes all basins, cuts

quays, wharves, warehouses, tramways, railways, and other works and

things erected on or appertaining to any dock, "goods" includes wares

and merchandise and products of the earth of every description, "high

water line" means the line reached by the mean High Water Spring Tides,

"low water line" means the lowest line reached by the level of mean Low

Water Spring Tides, "foreshore" means that part of the shore between

"High water line" and "low water line".

"Master", when used in relation to any vessel, means any person (not

being a Pilot or Harbour Master) having for the time being the command

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