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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
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MERCHANT SHIPPING,
No. 10 of 1899.
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Classifica- tion of junks.
Regulations Tables T & U.
Definition
of master.
Harbour Master's stations.
Anchorages for junks.
PART X.
JUNKS AND OTHER CHINESE VESSELS,
39.-(1) All trading junks, fishing junks, lighters, cargo boats, fish-drying hulks as well as any other hulks, and all small boats other than pleasure boats (all of which, as well as all boats included in the definition of " junk" in section 2, are for the vessel ", unless purposes of this section referred to by the term
they are specifically referred to) within the waters of the Colony shall be licensed in the classes and in the forms, and shall pay the fees for such licences, prescribed in Tables T and U in the Regulations, or such other classes, forms and fees as the Governor in Council may substitute therefor respectively.
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(2) (a) In this section master "includes any person for the time being in charge or command of any vessel.
(b) Branch stations of the Harbour Master's office shall be maintained at such places as the Governor may determine, which shall be under the superintendence and control of the Harbour Master, and shall be called Harbour Master's stations.
(c) The Harbour Master shall, with the approval of the Governor, by regulation appoint suitable anchorages in the waters of the Colony to be called anchorages for junks.
The limits of such anchorages shall be as indicated in Regulations. Table S in the Regulations, but may be altered by the Harbour
Master with the approval of the Governor.
Table S.
Penalty for
failure to
take out
licence,
Licences only in one class.
Trading junk licences.
(3) Every master of a vessel who fails to take out a licence as required by this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
to imprisonment for any term one hundred dollars or exceeding three months.
not
than one class (4) No vessel shall be licensed in more without the permission in writing of the Harbour Master with the approval of the Governor.
(5) Trading junk licences shall be issued by the Harbour Master upon payment of the prescribed fee for such periods and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine. Such conditions shall be indorsed on or contained in such licence, and the master
As amended by No. 7 of 1936 [1.2.36], No. 47 of 1936 [30.3.37] and
Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
shall cause the number of such licence to be painted in figures, [s.39 conti.] which shall not at any time be concealed, twenty inches in length in such colours as the Harbour Master shall direct, on each bow and on the stern, and also branded on the hull in figures two inches in length. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars in addition to any other penalty he may thereby incur.
licences.
(6) Fishing junk licences shall be issued by the Harbour Fishing Master upon payment of the prescribed fee for such periods and junk subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine. Such conditions shall be indorsed on or contained in such licence, and the master shall cause the number of such licence to be painted in figures, which shall not at any time be concealed, twenty inches in length in such colours as the Harbour Master shall direct, on each bow and on the stern, and on or about the centre of the main sail in black figures not less than twenty-four inches in length, and branded on the hull in figures two inches in length. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the pro- visions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars in addition to any other penalty he may thereby incur.
(7) Lighters, cargo boats, fish-drying hulks and other hulks, Licences sampans, and all small boats other than pleasure boats shall for lighters, cargo boats, be licensed by the Harbour Master upon the payment of the hulks and prescribed fees for such periods and subject to such conditions small boats. as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, which conditions shall be indorsed on or contained in such licence, and the master thereof shall cause the number of such licence to be painted in figures, which shall not at any time be concealed, of such size and in such colours and in such position as the Harbour Master shall direct. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars in addition to any other penalty he may thereby
incur.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make Regulations regulations—
licensing
(a) for the licensing, registration, due management, control and regulation, within the waters of the Colony, of all vessels,
for
of junks,
etc.
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