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HONGKONG PILOTS ORDINANCE, 1904

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I.-This Ordinance may be cited as the Pilots' Ordinance, 1904.

II. The Harbour Master may grant certificates of competency to persons duly qualified, and license under his hand Pilots who shall not exceed such number as he inay from time to time direct, for the purpose of conducting ships within the waters of the Colony provided that-

(i.) No person shall be granted a certificate of competency, or be licensed as a Pilot, unless he has satisfied a Board of Examiners appointed by the Governor that he is capable of performing such duties. Application should be accompanied by a declaration to this effect.

(ii.) Any person acting as a Pilot upon any ship to which he does not belong, without being duly licensed, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall be held to make the employment of Pilots by masters and owners of ships compulsory.

V.-(i.) Every licensed Pilot when acting in that capacity shall be provided with bis licence and shall produce the same to every person by whom he is employed or to whom he offers his services as Pilot.

(ii.) If a licensed Pilot refuses, on the request of any such person, to exhibit his licence and a copy of pilotage dues authorized under this Ordinance, he shall for each offence be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and shall be subject to the suspension or cancellation of his licence by the

Harbour Master.

(iii.) If an unlicensed person, for the purpose of making himself appear to be a licensed Pilot, uses a licence which he is not entitled to use, he shall for each offence be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding six months.

(iv.)—(a.) If a licensed Pilot, when he is not engaged as Pilot, refuses without reasonable excuse to the satisfaction of a Magistrate to take charge of a vessel enter- ing or leaving a harbour;

(b.) and if any licensed Pilot when not engaged as a Pilot refuses or neglects without reasonable excuse to the satisfaction of a Magistrate to go and take charge of a vessel flying the signal for a Pilot; or

(c.) acts as a Pilot when in a state of intoxication, or is guilty of any violent or disorderly conduct whilst on duty; or

(d) refuses on the request of the Master to conduct the ship which he is piloting into any water in which he is qualified to conduct the same, except on reasonable ground of danger to the ship; or

(e.) quits the ship of which he has the charge without the consent of the Master before the service for which he was hired has been performed, he shall for each offence, in addition to any liability for damages at the suit of the person aggrieved, be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding six months, and he shall also be liable after such conviction to have his licence cancelled or suspended by the Harbour Master.

VIII-Any licensed Pilot demanding higher rates of pilotage than those authorised by this Ordinance, shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and shall also be liable to cancellation or suspen- sion of licence by the Harbour Master.

PILOTAGE FEES

For pilotage of a Steamship inside the waters of the Colony in or out of the Harbour

For pilotage of a Steamship from or to outside the waters of the Colony, in or out of the Harbour

For each time a Steamship is moved inside the Harbour..

.810.00 $15.00

.$ 5.00

.$15.00

..$20.00

..$20.00

.$10.00

For pilotage of a Sailing ship not under towage inside the waters of the Colony, in or out of the Harbour For pilotage of a Sailing ship not under towage from or to outside the waters" of the Colony, in or out of the

Harbour

For each time a sailing ship is moved inside the Harbour not under towage

NOTE.-Sailing ships under towage the same scale as för Steamships.

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