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Short title.

Interpreta- tion,

Governor to have exclu-

sive privi-

lege of

collecting

and selling

sand.

Governor

authorised

978

A BILL

[No. 41:-19.10.34.—-2.]

INTITULED

An Ordinance to protect the sand supplies of the Colony and

to regulate the sale of sand.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Sand Ordinance, 1934.

2. In this Ordinance "sand" means the loose particles of inorganic matter which are deposited on foreshores or on land other than land in the Colony held under lease from the Crown.

3. Within the Colony the Governor shall have the exclu- sive privilege of collecting, storing and selling sand.

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor to prescribe the to prescribe places from which sand shall be taken and at which it shall be stored, the means whereby it shall be collected and the price at which it shall be sold.

details.

Power of

Director of

Public

Works

to issue permits.

Carriage of

sand by sea prohibited.

Penalty.

5. It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works to grant permits for the collection of sand and its removal to a prescribed place of storage.

6.—(1) Except under the authority of this Ordinance no vessel other than an ocean-going steamship or motor-ship shall carry any sand whether such sand has been obtained within or without the Colony.

(2) Where any sand is found on board any vessel in con- travention of sub-section (1), the master or person in charge of such vessel shall be deemed to be in possession of such sand.

7.-(1) Every person who removes any sand from any place, except in accordance with a permit granted under section 5 or except, after purchase, from a prescribed place of storage, or is found in possession of sand otherwise than under the authority of this Ordinance, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars in addition to the forfeiture of the sand in respect of which the offence has been committed.

(2) Where any person is convicted under sub-section (1) of possession of sand on board any vessel and the fine ordered by a magistrate to be paid is not forthwith paid, it shall be lawful for the magistrate to order such vessel to be forfeited.

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