ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
1531
Penalty for infraction of provisions of subsections 8 and 9.
14. Every master of a junk violating the provisions of subsections 8 and 9 shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve calendar months, and such junk and her cargo shall be forfeited to the Crown.
15. No licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit shall be used in respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, or for purpose other than the one therein mentioned, and every master of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit which shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be imprisoned with hard labour for any term not exceeding twelve calendar months, and every junk in respect of which a licence, anchorage pass, clearance, or special permit shall have been used or attempted to be used in violation of this subsection may, together with the cargo thereof, and whether the master shall have been brought to trial or not, at the discretion of the Court, be forfeited to the Crown.
16. Every master of a junk, vessel, or boat, bringing into the Colony, or from one part of the Colony to another, any person who shall, in the opinion of the Court before which the offence shall be tried, have come to the Colony for the purpose of mendicancy, or any person suffering from leprosy or any contagious disease, shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for every such person so brought by him as aforesaid.
17. It shall be lawful for any person deputed thereto by the Governor, or by the commander of any of Her Majesty's ships-of-war, or for any officer or constable of the Police force, at any time to board any junk within the waters of the Colony and demand the production of either an anchorage pass, clearance, special permit, or licence, and in case by reason of the non-production of any one of such documents, or for any other reason, there shall be ground to believe or suspect that any provision of this chapter has been violated by the master of such junk, or in case the document produced shall appear from the date thereof, or from any other cause, to have been unlawfully obtained, or to be unlawfully used, to arrest such junk and her cargo and the master of such junk, and deliver them into the custody of the Police.
subsections 8 and 9. [Ibid, sec. 19.]
Penalty for unlawfully using a licence, pass, clearance, or special permit. [Ibid, sec. 20.]
Penalty for bringing mendicants into the Colony. [Ibid, sec. 21.]
Power to board any junk and demand inspection of documents. [Ibid, sec. 22.]
18. No junk or cargo liable to forfeiture, under the provisions of this chapter, shall be so forfeited, unless the offence in respect of which such junk or cargo is liable to forfeiture, shall be tried by two Stipendiary Magistrates. Trial of offences under this chapter. [Ibid, sec. 23.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 or 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
1531
Penalty for infraction of
14. Every master of a junk violating the provisions of subsections 8 and 9 shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or impri- provisions of sonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve calendar months, and such junk and her cargo shall be forfeited to the Crown.
15. No licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit shall be used in respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, or for purpose other than the one therein mentioned, and every master of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit which shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be imprisoned with hard labour for any terin not exceed- ing twelve calendar months, and every junk in respect of which a licence, anchorage pass, clearance, or special permit shall have been used or attempted to be used in violation of this subsection may, together with the cargo thereof, and whether the master shall have been brought to trial or not, at the discretion of the Court, be forfeited to the Crown.
16. Every master of a junk, vessel, or boat, bringing into the Colony,
or from one part of the Colony to another, any person who shall, in the opinion of the Court before which the offence shall be tried, have come to the Colony for the purpose of mendicancy, or any person suffer- ing from leprosy or any contagious disease, shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for every such person so brought by him as afore- said.
17. It shall be lawful for any person deputed thereto by the Governor, or by the commander of any of Her Majesty's ships-of-war, or for any officer or constable of the Police force, at any time to board any junk within the waters of the Colony and demand the production of either an anchorage pass, clearance, special permit, or licence, and in case by reason of the non-production of any one of such documents, or for any other reason, there shall be ground to believe or suspect that any provision of this chapter has been violated by the master of such junk, or in case the document produced shall appear from the date thereof, or from any other cause, to have been unlawfully obtained, or to be unlawfully used, to arrest such junk and her cargo and the master of such junk, and deliver them into the custody of the Police.
subsections 8 and 9. [Ibid, sec. 19.]
Penalty for unlawfully using a licen- ce, pass, clear- ance, or
· special
[Ibid, sec.
permit.
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Penalty for bringing men- dicants into the Colony. [Ibid, sec.
21.]
Power to board any
junk and pection of
demand ins-
documents. [ Ibid, see.
22.1
18. No junk or cargo liable to forfeiture, under the provisions of Trial of offen- this chapter, shall be so forfeited, unless the offence in respect of which such junk or cargo is liable to forfeiture, shall be tried by two Stipendiary 23.1
ces under this chapter. [Ibid, sec.
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