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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1891.
Ships not to remove from anchorage without
clearance or special permit.
Night
cle mancés.
Fly to be hoisted before departures
Speciend permit."
Penalty Jor infraction of sub-s, 11 & 13.
Offences against Regulations.
Penalty.
Liability or
licencos may be granted to River Srean- s limiting
the number
of passingers.
(Ordd 9 of 1879, sen, 8.)
(13.) No such ship shall leave the waters of the Colony without a clearance or a special permit, unless the safety of the vessel (through stress of weather) shall render it necessary, and in such case, she shall return to her former. anchorage when such necessity for leaving it shall have ceased.
(14.) No steam-ship of less than 60 tons shall leave the waters of the Colony between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6. a.m.from October to March inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. from April to September inclusive, without a special permit or a special clearance to be called a"night clearance” for which a fee of $1 shall be puid.
(15.) The master of every steam-ship under 60 tons about to leave the waters of the Colony shall give notice of such intended departure and the nature of the proposed royage, together with the general character of cargo, and he will thereupon be furnished with a clearance and shall pay a fee of 25 cents for the same: Provided always that in case such ship 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, return the said clearance.
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(16.) The Harbour Master may, from time to time on payment of a fee of 25 cents, grant to any master of a steam- ship under 60 tons a permit to be called a “ speciál permit,' which shall be a sufficient warrant or authority for the doing of any act mentioned in such permit.
(17) Every muster of a steam-ship under 60 tons who shall refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of sub- sections 11 and 13 or shall knowingly give untrue particulars concerning the information which he is thereby required to furnish, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six months.
(18.) No licence, clearance, permit or other document granted under the provisions of this section shall be used in respect of any steam-ship other than the one therein mentioned under u penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding six months.
(19.) Every master or other person in charge of any steam-ship under 60 tons shall within the waters of the Colony obey any orders which the Harbour Master may see fit to give, under a penalty not exceeding one hundred
dollars.
(20.) Any person offending against the provisions of this section, or against any of the regulations in force for the time being under this section shall, where no penalty is spe- rified, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, or im- prisonment for any term not exceeding three months with or without hard labour,
(21.) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the steam launches or other vessels belonging to Her Majesty or to any vessel under 60 tons in the service of any Foreign Government.
(22.) All steam-skips under 60 tons not holding passenger licences, but being in the waters of the Colony, must undergo a yearly survey of hull and machinery, and comply with the requirements of the Government Marine Surveyor before again using such ship. The fees payable for such surveys are those in table E of the schedule to this Ordinance.
(23.) The owner, master or person in charge of any steam-ship under 60 tons used without certificates of survey shall incur a penalty not exceeding $500 or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding
six months.
(24.) The owner of any steam-ship under 60 tons per- mitting her to be used before having complied with" the requirements of the Government Marine Surveyor shull incur a penalty not exceeding $500 or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding six months.
River Steamers.
8. (1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant a special licence to any River Steamer specifying the number of passengers she may lawfully carry.
Such number to be subject to such conditions and varia- tions as the Governor in Council may from time to time direct by any regulations to be made by him for this pur- pose, and until such regulations are made and so far as
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