THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD DECEMBER, 1879.
4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make and publish rules, and from time to time to vary the same, concerning the lights or signals to be carried, and con- cerning the steps for avoiding collision to be taken by all ships, boats, or vessels, while navigating the waters of the Colony Provided always that the same shall not be incon- sistent with, or be deemed to affect the regulations for the time being in force issued by Her Majesty by Order in Council, under the provisions of section 25 of "The Mer- chant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862. ”
Offences in the Waters of the Colony.
[See also "The Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1873," and Regulations].
XXVIII. Every person who within the Colony or the waters thereof shall commit any of the following offences, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour.
(a.) Every person who shall unlawfully cut, damage, or destroy any of the ropes, cables, cordage, tackle, headfasts, or other furniture of or belonging to any ship, boat, or vessel lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, with intent to steal or otherwise unlawfully obtain the same or any part thereof. (b.) Every person who for the purpose of preventing the seizure or discovery of any materials, furniture, stores, or merchandise belonging to or having been. part of the cargo of any ship, boat, or vessel lying in the waters aforesaid, or of any other articles unlawfully obtained from any such ship or vessel, shall wilfully let fall or throw into the waters aforesaid, or in any other manner convey away from any ship, boat, or vessel, wharf, quay, or landing place, any such article, or who shall be accessory to any such offence; and it shall be lawful for any constable to take any such offender into custody and to seize and detain any boat in which such person shall be found, or out of which any article shall be so let fall, thrown, or conveyed
away.
(c.) Every owner, or headman, or other person in charge of any boat which shall be found along- side of any public wharf or landing-place (unless while taking on board or landing passengers or cargo), or lying off the same so as to prevent the free access of other boats thereto, and the owner, headman, or other person in charge of any boat which shall be moored or at anchor at a distance of less than one hundred yards from low water mark of such part of the Colony as may be declared by regulation, between the hours of nine o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning, and no owner of any boat plying for hire shall be permitted to receive or land passengers after 8 P.M., except at. such wharf or wharves as may be from time to time specified by the Governor in Council: Pro- vided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to any boat moored or at anchor alongside of any private wharf with the consent of the owner thereof.
(d.) Every person who shall cast or throw any dead body, ballast, rubbish, or other substance, either from shore or from any vessel, into the waters of the Colony, or shall neglect within a reasonable time to remove any sunken vessel or other obstruc- tion in the said harbour belonging to him or in his charge or keeping. (e.) Every person who not being in Her Majesty's service and not being duly authorised by law for the purpose, goes on board any ship within the waters of the Colony, without the permission of the master or officer in charge; and the master or person in charge of such ship may take any such person so going on board as aforesaid into custody and deliver him up forthwith to any constable to be dealt with according to law. (f) Every person not being in Her Majesty's service who shall make fast to or cause to be made fast to a ship under way within the waters of this Colony, any boat, junk or other vessel, without the sanction of the master or officer in charge of such ship.
Governor in Council may make rules to prevent acci- dents in the harbour.
Prohibiting offences in the harbour of
Hongkong. [Ordinance
14 of 1845, sec. 6.]
Damaging furniture of ship.
Throwing into water goods unlawfully obtained.
Mooring of boats. (Ibid, sec. 3, paras. 8&9)
Obstruction of harbour by rubbish, &c.
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