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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST OCTOBER, 1874.
III. A space of 4 superficial feet per adult shall be left Space on deck. clear on the upper deck for the use of the passengers.
IV. A reasonable space shall by set apart properly sick bay and divided and fitted up as a sick bay; and sufficient latrines, latrines. both as to condition and number, shall be provided in suit- able parts of the ship.
Deck Passengers.
10. Deck passengers may be carried under the following con- Deck ditions, within the limits of the Straits of Malacca, that is to say, passengers. from Junk Ceylon to Singapore on the one side and from Acheen to Anjer on the other side of the said Straits, and from or to any Port in the Colony to or from any Port or place on the North Coast of Java.
I. A suitable awning with screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient for the protection of the passengers from the sun and from rain.
II. The space appropriated to such deck passengers shall contain at the least 16 superficial feet for every adult, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of age, and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years.
Awnings.
Space.
III. In case deck passengers shall be carried in addi- How reckoned. tion to other passengers for whom accommodation between decks shall be provided, the space to be appropriated for deck passengers shall be reckoned exclusively of the space
of 4 superficial feet per adult required to be left clear on
the upper deck for the use of such other passengers.
Proviso.
No deck passengers shall be carried on any voyage beyond Beyond the the limits above set out, unless there be space reserved under above limits. deck of not less than 9 superficial and 54 cubical feet for each and every adult passenger, that is to say, every passenger above twelve years of age and for every two passengers between the age of one and twelve years, to the use of which space the passengers shall be entitled throughout the voyage. Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to pass Orders in Council permitting passengers to be carried on deck to and from places without the above limits, and to regulate the times during which such passengers may be carried and the precautions to be taken for their conve- nience and safety.
PART III.
LOCAL PASSENGER SHIPS.
11. Ships plying between the Ports of the Colony, and to or Passengers from any of the Ports in the Colony from or to any place on the between the Coast of the Malayan Peninsula to the Southward of the 9th Ports in the degree of North Latitude, and on the East Coast of the Island of
Colony. Sumatra, carrying more than ten passengers or carrying passen- gers in a proportion greater than one passenger for every ten tons net register of the ship, are herein called Local Passenger Ships.
and Orders.
It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to Governor in time, to frame Rules and Orders to regulating the number of Council may passengers to be carried by such Local Passenger Ships, and make Rules the accommodation to be provided for such passengers and the precautions to be taken for securing their convenience and safety with reference, in all the above cases, to the nature and probable duration of the contemplated voyage.
12. The Master of every such ship on arriving at any Port in List of pas- the Settlement shall forthwith deliver to, or cause to be deli- sengers to be vered to, the Harbour Master a correct statement of the number delivered on
of the passengers brought in his ship, signed by himself or by arrival. some person authorized by the owners to sign such documents.
PART IV. PENALTIES.
13. For offences under this Ordinance the following penalties Penalties. may be imposed on the Master or Owner or Agent of any Pas- senger Ship or Local Passenger Ship convicted, that is to say:-
I. For every offence under Section 4, a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars and ten dollars for every pas- senger landed contrary to the provisions of the Section.
II. For every offence against Section 5, a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and ten dollars for every passenger carried contrary to the provisions of the Section.
III. For every offence under Sections 9, and 10, a penalty not exceeting one hundred dollars, and a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for every passenger beyond the number for whom accommodation existed in the ship as required by law.
IV. For every offence against the provisions of any Rule or Order under Section 11, a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
V. For every offence under Section 12, a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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