237350-1937-Air-Navigation-Colonies-Protectorates-and-Mandated-Territories-Order-1927 — Page 14

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 17, 1937.

21.-(1) Whenever in the Colony any light is exhibited, False

(a) in the neighbourhood of an aerodrome or an aerial lighthouse so as to be liable to be mistaken for a light pro- ceeding from an aerial lighthouse or for a prescribed light at an aerodrome; or

(b) which by reason of its liability of being mistaken for a light proceeding from an aerial lighthouse or for a pre- scribed light at an aerodrome is calculated to endanger the safety of aircraft; or

(c) which, being in the neighbourhood of an aerodrome, is hable by reason of its glare to endanger the safety of aircraft arriving at or departing from the aerodrome;

the Governor may serve a notice upon the owner of the place where the light is exhibited or upon the person having charge of the light, directing that owner or person within a reason- able time, to be specified in the notice, to take effectual means for extinguishing or for effectually screening the light and for preventing for the future the exhibition of any similar light.

(2) The notice may be served either personally or by post, or by affixing the same in some conspicuous place near to the light to which the notice relates.

(3) If any owner or person on whom a notice is served under this article fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with the directions contained in the notice, he shall be deemed to have failed to comply with this Order.

(4) If any owner or person on whom a notice under this article is served neglects for a period of seven days to extinguish or effectually to screen the light mentioned in the notice, the Governor may enter upon the place where the light is and forthwith extinguish the same, doing no un- necessary damage, and may recover the expenses incurred by him in so doing from the owner or person on whom the notice has been served.

(5) In the case of lights which would or might be visible from the sea or waters over which a general lighthouse authority exercises jurisdiction, the powers of the Governor under this article shall not be exercised except with the consent of the general lighthouse authority.

lights.

**

signals,

§

22. (1) In making or receiving signals by wireless Use of telegraphy or other methods of communication, except by signs and visual signals when the Morse Code is not being used, every marks. aircraft possessing the nationality of a Contracting State shall use as its call sign the complete group of five letters which constitutes its nationality and registration marks preceded, in the case of a signal by radio-telephony, by the name of the owner of the aircraft:

Provided that after communication has been established by means of such call sign the aircraft may employ an abridged call sign consisting-

(a) in the case of radio telegraphy of the first and last letters of the complete call sign of five letters;

** As amended by O). in C. of 25.10.35 (G.N. 114 of 1936) in force 1.1.36.

§ As amended by 0. in C. of 29.1.29 (G.N. 408 of 1929) in force 1.4.29

and O. in C. of 9.11.31 (G.N. 10 of 1932) in force 1.1.32.

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