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THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891. 1141

(7.) Upon compliance with the provisions of the last sab-section, the master of every junk shall receive a permit to be called an "anchorage pass," and shall forthwith pay such fee for the same as is hereinafter mentioned, and in default thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars.

(8.) No licensed junk shall leave the waters of the Colony, and no other junk shall leave any anchorage for junks with- out 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.

(9.) No junk or other Chinese craft, whether licensed or not, shall leave her anchorage or leave or attempt to 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, except in the case of a fishing boat licensed under this Ordinance which has obtained a permit from the Harbour Master.

(10.) The master of every junk, whether licensed or not about to leave her anchorage, shall where practicable eight- een hours before the time of the intended departure of such junk, hoist at the highest mast-head such flag or signal as shall, from time to time, be specified by the Harbour Master, and also shall give notice of such intended departure and the nature of the proposed voyage, together with the gene- ral character of cargo, and particulars of any arms, am- munition and other such articles on board at the Harbour Master's office or station, as the case may be, at which the anchorage pass of such junk shall have been granted, and he will thereupon be furnished with a clearance in exchange for the anchorage pass of such junk, and if a licensed junk, the licence thereof will be 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 caso may be, and the reason thereof, and shall, if so required to do, return the said clearance, and if a licensed junk, also re-deposit the licence thereof.

(11.) The Harbour Master or the officer for the time being in charge of any Harbour Master's station may from time to time, grant to any master of a junk a permit to be called a "special permit," which shall be a sufficient warrant or authority for the doing of any act mentioned in such permit.

(12.) Every master of a junk who shall violate or refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of sub-sections 4 and 5 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six calendar months.

(13.) Every master of a junk who shall refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of sub-sections 6 and 10 or shall knowingly give untrue particulars concerning the informa- tion which he is thereby required to furnish, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprison- ment with or without hard labour for any period not ex- ceeding six months, and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he shall think fit, by warrant under his hand to order that any junk whereof the master has refused or failed to comply with the provisions of the said sub-sections, and whether such master shall have been brought to trial and punished or not, shall quit the waters of the Colony within twelve hours from the service of such order on board of such junk, under penalty of forfeiture of such junk to the Crown. +

(14.) Every master of a junk violating the provisions of sub-sections 8 and 9 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve calendar mouths, and such junk and her cargo shall be forfeited to the Crown. And it shall be lawful for any sergeant of Police to arrest any junk or other Chinese craft leaving or about to leave her anchorage or any juuk which he has good reason to believe had left her anchorage or the waters of the Colony between the hours aforesaid.

(15.) No licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit shall be used in respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, or for any purpose or for any period of time other than the one therein mentioned, and every master of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit which shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be in-

Anchorage pass.

(bich sub-n. 7.)

Junks not to remove from anchorage without clear- ance or special permir. (Ibid. sub-s. 8.)

No junk to leave at night. (Ibid. sab-8. 9 and see No. 21 of 1891.)

Flag to be hoisted before departure. (Ibid, sub-s.

10.)

"Special permit." (Ibid. sub-s. 11.)

Fenalty for infraction of sub-sections

4 and 5. (hid, sub-s. 12.)

Penalty for infraction of sub-s. 6 and 10. (Ibid, sub-s.

13.)

Penalty for infraction of provisions of sub-sectious

8 and 9. (Ibid. sub-se 14.)

Fennity for unlawfully nsing a licence, pass, clearance, or

special permit. (Ibil sub-

15.)