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ORDINANCES Nos. 7 AND 8 OF 1879.

Excise (Opium.)

Merchant Shipping.

and upon the said charge or complaint the accused shall be convicted, the pecuniary penalty imposed upon the offender shall, after the adjudication of a portion of the same not exceeding one half at the discretion of the Magistrate to the informer, be paid to the holder of the exclusive privilege, [amended by Ordinance No. 4 of 1883.] and all the boiled or prepared opium to which the same relates shall be forfeited and by the Magistrate adjudged and delivered to the holder of the privilege. [Amended by Ordinance No. 4 of 1883.]

[All repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1884.]

Title.

Preamble.

Short title.

Interpreta- tion clause.

No. 8 of 1879.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the laws relating to merchant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of vessels navigating the same.

WHE

[30th December, 1879.]

HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws relating to merchant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of all vessels navigating the same; and whereas doubts have arisen as to the applicability of certain sections of "The Merchant the same: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

Shipping Act, 1854," and the Acts amending

PRELIMINARY.

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1879."

2. In the construction and for the purposes of this Ordinance (if not inconsistent with the context or subject matter) the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say

"Stipendiary Magistrate" shall mean and include the Police Magistrates of the Colony, and the Marine Magistrate;