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(11.) The master of any junk about to leave her an Flag to be chorage at any port of the Colony shall eighteen hours hoisted before the time of the intended departure of such junk hoist at the highest mast head such flag or signal as shall Clearance. from time to time be specified by the Harbour Master and also shall give notice of such intending departure and the nature of the proposed voyage together with the general character of cargo and particulars of any arms, ammunition and other articles on board at the Harbour Master's Office or Station as the case may be at which the licence of such junk has been deposited and he will thereupon if there is no reasonable objection have the licence returned to him. Provided always that in case such junk shall not leave her anchorage within twenty-four hours thereafter, the master shall report the same at the Harbour Master's Office or Station, as the case may be, and the reason thereof and shall if so required to do re-deposit the said licence.

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(12.) The Harbour Master or the officer in charge of Special Per- any Harbour Master's Station may, upon payment of the mits. fee prescribed in Table T, grant to the master of any juuk licensed under this section a Special Permit" valid for one voyage only for the doing of any act mentioned in such permit. Such Special Permit may authorise a trad- ing junk licensed to trade only within the waters of the Colony to leave the waters of the Colony for one voyage only. The Special Permits shall be in the form of entry in the junk's pass book as shown in Table T of the Sche- dule to this Ordinauce.

(13.) No junks shall leave any port in the Colony with- Junks not out a clearance, unless the safety of the vessel (through to leave stress of weather) shall render it necessary and in such without case she shall return to her former anchorage or place in port when such necessity for leaving it shall have cassed.

clearance.

(14.) No junk shall leave her anchorage or attempt to No junk to leave any port of the Colony between the hours of 6 pan. leave at and 6 a m. from October to March inclusive, nor between night. the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. from April to September inclusive, except in the case of a licensed fishing junk.

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(15.) No leence or special permit shall be used in Penalty for respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, unlawfully or for any purpose or for any period of time other than using licence, the one therein mentioned, and every master of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence or special permit which shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve calendar months and every junk in respect of which a licence or special permit shall have been used or attempted to be used in violation of this sub-section may, either with or without the cargo thereof, and whether the master shall have been brought to trial or not, at the discretion of the Court, be forfeited to the Crown,

(16.) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to Licences to grant to any vessel other than a "Junk" a licence in other vessels. like manner and in accordance with the provisions of sub- section (4) of this section in relation to Trading Junk licences in such cases as it shall appear to him that the vessel referred to is to be employed in the same or similar mauner as a "Junk" and such vessel being so licensed shall, so long as the said licence is in force, be considered for all purposes of this Ordinance to be a jank. For any such licence the same fee shall be paid as for a junk.

(17.) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to order Junks and all junks, lighters, boats, and other vessels of any descrip- other craft

to be subject tion whatever to anchor or secure in such place as he may to orders of direct or to prohibit their anchoring, or securing in any Harbour particular place, or to order them to remove to any other Master. place.

(18.) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to give Discipline of such orders to all or any junks, or other vessels, for the harbour. proper discipline of the harbour and for the prevention of disorder or confusion, or otherwise as he may, in his discretion, think fit.