THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JULY, 1874.
5. Whenever any seaman who has been lawfully engaged Offences of in any foreign ship commits any of the following offences within foreign the waters of the Colony, he shall be liable to be punished sum-[See M. S. A., marily by a Magistrate as follows, that is to say:-
seamen,
1854,sec.243.)
(a.) For wilful disobedience to any lawful command, he shall Act of
be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding disobedience. four weeks, with or without hard labour, and also, at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit, out of his wages,
a sum not exceeding two days' pay;
(b.) For continued wilful disobedience to lawful commands, Continued
or continued wilful neglect of duty, he shall be liable disobedience. to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour, and also, at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit, for every twenty-four hours' continuance of such disobedience or neglect either a sum not exceeding six days' pay, or any expenses which have been incurred in hiring a substitute;
officers.
(d.) For assaulting any master or mate, he shall be liable to Assault on
imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour;
(e.) For combining with any other or others of the crew to Combining disobey lawful commands, or to neglect duty, or to to disobey. impede the navigation of the ship, or the progress of the voyage, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour.
[Ordinance
6. All expenses incidental to the apprehension, confinement, Expenses, by and removal of any seaman, under and by virtue of any of the whom payable. powers and authorities conferred by this section, shall be paid 4 of 1850, sec. by the master of the ship to which such seaman may belong, 5.] and be recoverable from him at the suit of the Captain Superin- tendent of Police, as a debt due to the Government of this Colony; and the subsistence money for every such seaman confined in gaol shall be paid in advance to the keeper of the gaol, and in default of such payment, the gaoler may release such seaman.
tion of this
7. At the requisition of the Consul resident at Hongkong, of At the requi- any foreign nation, it shall be lawful for the Governor to suspend sition of foreign the operation of this section in regard to the ships of that Consuls, opera- nation, for so long a period as such Consul may require, or the section may be said Governor may think fit; and that on like requisition, it shall suspended. and may be lawlul for the said Governor, if he deem it fit, to [Ibid, sec. 6.] cause any pending proceedings or case under this section to be discontinued and abated.
Report of Death, Desertion, &c.
XVIII. In the event of the death of any of the crew, pas- Deaths, sengers, or other persons, occurring on board of any merchant desertions, or vessel in the waters of the Colony, or in case of the desertion or removals of removal of any of the crew, the master of such vessel shall
seamen, &c. to forthwith report the same to the Harbour Master, under a penalty [Ordinance be reported. not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every death, desertion, or1 of 1862, sec. removal which he shall neglect to report.
Penalties for Forgery, &c.
7.]
XIX. Any person who shall forge or alter any ticket, certificate, Penalties for document, or matter or thing named in sections,
shall forging of do- be liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three cuments, and months with hard labour; and any seaman, or other person, who for false des- shall give a false description of his services, or show, or make, or statements.
criptions and procure to be made, any false character, or shall make false state- [Ordinance ments as to the name of the last ship in which he served, or as
No. 6 of 1852,
to any other information which may be required of him by any sec. 12.] person having lawful authority to demand such information, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
CHAPTER X. DISTRESSED SEAMEN.
to vessels re-
XX. All expenses which shall be incurred under the pro- Relief of sea- visions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," in the relief of men belonging distressed British seamen who at the time of such relief being gistered in this granted shall have last served in a British ship registered in this Čolony, shall be borne by the revenue of this Colony.
Colony. [Ordinance
5 of 1869, sec. 1.]
curred in the
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, Governor may to order the payment, out of any monies forming part of, or arising order payment from, the general revenue of the Colony, of all expenses which of expenses in- may be incurred in the Colony for the relief of such British Colony for seamen as aforesaid, under the provisions of the said Act or of any relief of such regulations in that behalf which may be made, from time to time, seamen out of by the Governor in Council.
ruonies form- ing part of ge- neral revenue. [Ordinance 5 of 1869, sec. 2.]
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