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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25, 1940.

Employment in British ships and aircraft.

Employment outside the Colony of agents for ships and aircraft.

Control of trade by

sea.

38A.—(1) The Governor, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the interests of defence or the efficient prosecution of the war so to do, may, as respects ships registered in this Colony, make provision by order-

(a) for securing that. subject to any exemptions for which provision may be made by the order, any such class of persons as may be specified in the order shall not be employed on board ships to which the order applies;

(b) for prohibiting the employment of any persons or class of persons on board such ships unless they are holders of certificates of identity issued in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the order, and for determining the circum- stances in which certificates of identity may be granted and revoked under the order.

and an order under this regulation may be made so as to restrict the employment of persons either in any capacity or in such capacity as may be specified in the order, and so as to restrict the employment of persons on such ships as afore- said either wherever they may be or while in such waters, or engaged in such trades or on such voyages, as may be so specified.

(2) The preceding provisions of this regulation shall apply in relation to aireraft as they apply in relation to ships.

38B.-(1) The Governor, with a view to preventing the employment outside the Colony, in connexion with the management of ships registered in this Colony, of enemy aliens or persons connected with an enemy, may by order direct that, as from such date as may be specified in the order, the owner, manager or charterer of any ship registered in this Colony, being a person resident in this Colony or a corporation incorporated under the law of this Colony, shall not employ in any foreign country or territory, in connexion with the management of the ship, any person other than a person approved for the purpose by the Governor; and an order under this regulation may be made so as to apply either generally or to employment in all foreign countries or ter- ritories, or to employment in such foreign countries or territories, or such class of foreign countries or territories, as may be specified in the order.

(2) The preceding provisions of this regulation shall apply in relation to aircraft as they apply in relation to ships.

39.--(1) Without prejudice to any navigation order, the Governor, with a view to securing that ships registered in this Colony are used in such a manner only as may be considered expedient in the interests of the defence of this Colony or the efficient prosecution of the war, or for the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community. may by order provide that a ship registered in this Colony shall not proceed to sea from any port (whether within or outside this Colony) except under the authority of a licence granted by such authority or person as may be specified in the order: and any such order may contain provisions whereby a licence under the order may be granted subject to such limitations and conditions as the authority or person granting the licence thinks it to impose with respect to-

(a) the trades in which the ship may be engaged, and the voyages which may be undertaken by the ship,

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