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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, ARPIL 16, 1917 217

Restrictions

on move- ments in

fog.

Regulation

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(2.) When any such permit shall have been issued the vessel to which the permit applies shall be navigated in accordance with the conditions of the permit, and no such permit shall be authority for doing any thing not specified therein.

(3.) The vessels employed in the service of the Star Ferry Company, Limited, may be under way in the port at any time between the hours of 5.30 a.m. and 12.50 a.m., and the vessels employed in the Yaumati Ferry may be under way in the port at any time between the hours of 5.30 a.m. and midnight : provided in every case that such vessels are actually engaged at the time in maintaining the respective ferry services across the harbour.

7. No vessel, except. Government vessels, shall be under way in,the port in thick or foggy weather.

8. All vessels authorised to be under way at night, whether by virtue of lights to be these regulations or in accordance with a special permit, shall show the neces- sary navigation lights as laid down in the regulations for the prevention of collisions.

night,

Approaching

9. No vessel, except Government vessels, shall approach within 100 yards Naval Estab- of any of. His Majesty's Naval Establishments without a written permit from

the Naval Authorities.

lishments.

Penalties.

Ordinance No. 3 of 18 0.

Arrest.

Procedure.

Ordinance

No. 3 of 1890.

Interpreta- tion.

10.-(1.) Every person who commits, or attempts to commit, or procures, aids or abets, or does any act preparatory to the commission of, any act prohi- bited by these regulations, and every person who wilfully or negligently fails to do any act which he required to do by any of these regulations, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations and shall be liable upon summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months and to a fine not exceeding eight hundred dollars.

(2.) When any person is convicted of any such offence and it is made to appear to a magistrate that in consequence of such offence any ammunition was expended by the naval or military authorities, the magistrate may, in addition to or in lieu of imposing any term of imprisonment or fine, order such person to pay to the Crown the value of the ammunition so expended.

(3.) Any such order may be enforced in any manner in which the payment of a fine imposed by a magistrate may be enforced under the Magistrates Ordi- nance, 1890..

11. Every person who acts in contravention of any of these regulations or who is reasonably suspected of having so acted may be taken into custody by any police officer or revenue officer or boarding officer of the Harbour Depart-

ment.

12. Every offence under these regulations may be prosecuted before the Marine Magistrate or before one of the magistrates appointed under the Magis- trates Ordinance, 1890.

13. In these regulations:-

"Daylight" means the period from fifteen minutes before sunrise to

fifteen minutes after sunset.

"Junk" includes every sea-going sailing vessel of Chinese or other

Asiatic build, construction and rig.

"Night" means the period from fifteen minutes after sunset to fifteen

minutes before sunrise.

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Port means the waters of the Colony within the following lines:- West ---A line drawn North-West by North from the Eastern end of the Eastern Dyeing Company's factory building to the South-East extreme of Little Green Island, thence a line South 75° West to the South-West extreme of Green Island to meet a line North 27° East from the West extreme of Green Island to the West extreme of Stonecutters, and thence to Torpedo Pier at Lai Chi Kok, North 11° East, all bearings being magnetic.