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In case of non-payment of penalty by master, the same may be levied by sale of junk. [Ibid, sec. 24.]
Transfer to purchaser upon sale of junk.
[Ibid. sec. 26.]
Junk licences.
[Ibid, sec. 26.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
Magistrates sitting together, who shall have power, in their discretion, to extend the period limited by law for an appeal from their decision to the Supreme Court, either before or after the expiration thereof.
19. Every junk of which the master shall be charged with having violated the provisions of this Chapter, shall be forthwith arrested and detained unless bail to the satisfaction of a Magistrate is given, until the said master shall either have been acquitted of the offence charged, or if found guilty, shall have paid the penalty inflicted upon him, and in case he shall fail to pay, within ten days, any penalty which may be inflicted upon him, the same may be recovered by the sale of such junk, and the balance, if any, of the net proceeds thereof, after deducting therefrom the expenses of such sale and the amount of such penalty as aforesaid, shall be paid to the owner or owners of the junk, if claimed within twelve calendar months from the date of sale, and if not claimed within that period, shall be forfeited to the Crown: Provided that in case there shall be in the Colony any consignee or agent of such junk registered under subsection 6, no sale thereof shall be made in pursuance of this subsection until three days' previous notice thereof shall have been given in writing to such consignee or agent.
20. Every junk forfeited or sold under the provisions of this Chapter shall be transferred to the purchaser thereof, at his expense, by a bill of sale from the Harbour Master, and such bill of sale shall confer upon such purchaser, his executors, administrators and assigns, an indefeasible title to such junk.
21. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, in such cases as he shall think fit to grant to any owner of any junk or lorcha a licence authorising such junk or lorcha to ply between this Colony and other ports, during such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, and which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and such junk or lorcha having obtained a licence, the master thereof shall cause the number of said licence to be painted in black figures twenty inches in length (to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master) on a white ground on each bow and on the stern: Provided that no such licence shall be granted unless the intended licensee shall enter into a bond together with one or more sureties resident in the Colony, and to be approved of by the
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In case of non- payment of penalty by master, the same may be levied by sale of junk. {Ibid, sec. 24.]
Transfer to purchaser upon sale of junk.
Ibid. sec. 26.]
Jauk licences.
Thid, sec. 26.1
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
Magistrates sitting together, who shall have power, in their discretion, to extend the period limited by law for an appeal from their decision to the Supreme Court, either before or after the expiration thereof.
19. Every junk of which the master shall be charged with having violated the provisions of this Chapter, shall be forthwith arrested and detained unless bail to the satisfaction of a Magistrate is given, until the said master shall either have been acquitted of the offence charged, or if found guilty, shall have paid the penalty inflicted upon him, and in case he shall fail to pay, within ten days, any penalty which may be inflicted upon him, the same may be recovered by the sale of such junk, and the balance, if any, of the net proceeds thereof, after deducting therefrom the expenses of such sale and the amount of such penalty as aforesaid, shall be paid to the owner or owners of the junk, if claimed within twelve calendar months from the date of sale, and if not claimed within that period, shall be forfeited to the Crown: Provided that in case there shall be in the
Colony any consignee or agent of such junk registered under subsection 6, no sale thereof shall be made in pursuance of this subsection until three days' previous notice thereof shall have been given in writing to such consignee or agent.
20. Every junk forfeited or sold under the provisions of this Chapter shall be transferred to the purchaser thereof, at his expense, by a bill of sale from the Harbour Master, and such bill of sale shall confer upon such purchaser, his executors, administrators and assigns, an indefeasible title. to such junk.
21. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, in such cases as he shall think fit to grant to any owner of any junk or lorcha a licence authorising such junk or lorcha to ply between this
Colony and other ports, during such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, and which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and such junk or lorcha baving obtained a licence, the master thereof shall cause the number of said licence to be painted in black figures twenty inches in length (to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master) on a white ground on each bow and on the stern: Provided that no such licence shall be granted unless the intended licensee shall enter into a bond together with one or more sureties resident in the Colony, and to be approved of by the
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