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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH DECEMBER, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 459.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council
Ordinance No. 18 of 1886.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled An Ordinance to prevent the sale or conveyance on board Ship of any Spirituous or Fermented Liquor, and to prohibit the hovering near or about Ships of any persons in boats for the purpose of selling or taking on board Ship of such liquor.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1886.
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W. H. MARSH.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 18 of 1886.
hort title.
Interpreta- tion.
Conveying liquors.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled An Ordinance to prevent the sale or conveyance on board Ship of any Spirituous or Fermented Liquor, and to prohibit the hovering near or about Ships of any persons in boats for the purpose of selling or taking on board Ship of such liquor.
[30th November, 1886.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
Badvice of Legislative
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Board of Ship Liquor Sale Ordinance, 1886.
2. In this Ordinance unless the context indicates the contrary:
Ship shall mean any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels, and any description of vessel used in navigation not pro- pelled by oars, but shall not include Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled by steam.
3. It shall not be lawful for any person to bring on board any ship any spirituous or fermented liquor of any description, without the previous consent of the Officer Commanding or the Master of the ship on board of which the same may be brought; and it shall be lawful for any Officer in Her Majesty's Service, any Master of any ship or Warrant or Petty Officer of the Navy or Non-commis- sioned Officer of Marines with or without seamen or persons under his command or orders to search any boat hovering about or approaching or which may have hovered about or approached any ship and if any spirituons or fermented liquor be found on board such boat to seize such spirituous or fermented liquor, and the same shall be forfeited to Hor Majesty; and if any person shall bring any spirituous or fermented liquor on board any ship without such previous consent aforesaid, or shall approach or hover about any ship for the purpose of bringing any spirituous or formented liquor on board the same, without such previous consent, or for the purpose of giving or selling, without such previous consent, spirituous or fermented liquor to men in Her Ma- jesty's Service or on board of any ship, every such person shall, upon a summary conviction thereof before a Magis- trate forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every such act or offence; and it shall be lawful for any Officer in Her Majesty's Service or any Master of any ship or any such Warrant or Petty Officer, or Non-commis- sioned Officer as aforesaid, or for any Constable, with or without any Warrant or other Process, to apprehend or cause to be apprehended any such offender or person s0 neting and to bring him or cause him to bo brought before a Magistrate for the purpose of having the offender sum- marily convicted of the same.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 14th day of May, 1886.
ARATIOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 30th day of November, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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