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Amendment of Ordin- ance No. 10

of 1899.

s. 30 (1).

Amendment

of Ordin

ance No. 10 of 1899,

s. 30 (3).

Substitution for Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 32 (4).

Amendment of Ordin-

ance No. 10

of 1899,

s. 36 (5).

New sub-

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(f) No vessel shall lie alongside any private wharf or landing place without the consent of the owner thereof.

(g) No vessel shall lie alongside any private wharf or landing place between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. except with the written permission of the owner thereof.

(h) Where any of the provisions of this sub-section require a vessel to have a written permit or written permission such provision shall not be deemed to be complied with unless the written permit of written permission is kept on board the vessel in question during the period during which it is required.

(i) Upon proof before a magistrate of any contravention of any of the provisions of this sub-section the master or other person in charge of the vessel in question shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.

(j) If the master or the person who was in charge of the vessel in question at the time of the contravention cannot be found, or if there was no person in charge at the time of the contravention, the licensee of the vessel in question shall, upon proof before a magistrate of the fact of the contraven- tion, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, whether such licensee was aware of the contravention or not.

17. Section 30 (1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the insertion of the words ",Deputy Harbour Master" after the words "Harbour Master" in the third line thereof.

18. Section 30 (3) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "five hundred dollars" for the words "two hundred dollars" in the last line thereof.

19. Section 32 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the following sub- section for sub-section (4) thereof :-

(4) A receipt for the said dues as well as for any fees payable in respect of moorings or buoys shall be given by the person appointed to collect the same (hereafter in this section referred to as the collector) to every person paying the same, and it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to refuse to grant a clearance to any ship if such receipt is not produced to him.

20. Section 36 (5) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "written permission" for the word "permission" in the fifth line. thereof,

21. Section 37 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, section (24) 1899, is amended by the insertion of the following sub-section

after sub-section (2) thereof :-

of Ordin-

ance No. 10

of 1899,

s. 37.

Anchorages.

(2A) 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 launches and motor boats.

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