D 1899.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
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of seaman shipped under the Ordinance ah seaman or apprentice was engaged, he shall be liable to a penalty exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months.
12) No seaman who has been actually shipped on board any vessel Limited compliance with this Ordinance shall, during the time for which he exemption then shipped, be liable to be arrested on civil process, unless the debt demand exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars: Provided always that by the term “seaman” in this sub-section shall be meant only a person who has, within the space of six months previously, served on board a ship for wages as a seaman, and that the protection from arrest granted shall not be held to extend to any person not coming within such definition, or in any case to masters, mates, or engineers.
Boarding-houses for Seamen.
from liability to arrest on civil process.
6 (1.) The Harbour Master shall, with the consent of a Stipendiary Magistrate, have power to license a sufficient number of fit and proper persons to keep boarding-houses for seamen, not being Chinese; and every such licence shall be countersigned by the Colonial Secretary, and shall be granted for such period, not exceeding one year, and on such terms and security, and shall be renewable on such conditions, as the Colonial Secretary may appoint; and it shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary to demand for every such licence an annual fee of twenty-five dollars or at the rate thereof, according to the term of such licence; and every such house shall be for the reception of such number of seamen only as may be expressed in the licence, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each seaman lodged at one time in excess of such number, and shall not be granted until there have been constructed in the house to be licensed suitable rooms, to be approved by the Harbour Master; and no such boarding-house shall be a house licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors, nor shall any charge for intoxicating liquor be allowed in any account for the amount of which any seaman may be indebted, or stated to be indebted, to any person; and every such boarding-house shall be open at all times to the visit of any Justice of the Peace, or of the Harbour Master, or of any Inspector of Police.
The Harbour Master may refuse to grant any such licence, and may limit the number and description of seamen to be boarded in each house, and may make, rescind, and vary rules, subject to the approval of the Governor and to the publication thereof in The Gazette, for the government of such houses, and regulate the charge to be made for board and lodging; and a copy of such rules shall be hung up in each house for the inspection of the inmates; and for any infraction of any one of such rules the offender in every instance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
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MERCHANT SHIPPING.
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of seaman
shipped under
the Ordinance
ah seaman or apprentice was engaged, he shall be liable to a penalty exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment, with ithout hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months. 12) No seaman who has been actually shipped on board any vessel Limited compliance with this Ordinance shall, during the time for which he exemption then shipped, be liable to be arrested on civil process, unless the debt demand exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars: Provided always that by the term “seaman in this sub-section shall be meant only a rson who has, within the space of six months previously, served on board a ship for wages as a seaman, and that the protection from arrest granted shall not be held to extend to any person not coming thin such definition, or in any case to masters, mates, or engineers.
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Boarding-houses for Seamen.
from liability
to arrest on
civil process.
6 (1.) The Harbour Master shall, with the consent of a Stipendiary Establishment Magistrate, have power to license a sufficient number of fit and proper of boarding-
and regulation. persons to keep boarding-houses for seamen, not being Chinese; and houses. every such licence shall be countersigned by the Colonial Secretary, and hall be granted for such period, not exceeding one year, and on such terms and security, and shall be renewable on such conditions, as the Colonial Secretary may appoint; and it shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary to demand for every such licence an annual fee of twenty-five dollars or at the rate thereof, according to the term of such licence; and every such house shall be for the reception of such number of Ceamen only as may be expressed in the licence, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each seaman lodged at one time in excess of such number, and shall not be granted until there have been constructed
the house to be licensed suitable rooms, to be approved by the Harbour Master; and no such boarding-house shall be a house licensed for the Bale of intoxicating liquors, nor shall any charge for intoxicating liquor be allowed in any account for the amount of which any seaman may be indebted, or stated to be indebted, to any person; and every such boarding-house shall be open at all times to the visit of any Justice of the Peace, or of the Harbour Master, or of any Inspector of Police. The Harbour Master may refuse to grant any such licence, and may limit the number and description of seamen to be boarded in each house, and may make, rescind, and vary rules, subject to the approval of the Governor and to the publication thereof in The Gazette, for the government of such houses, and regulate the charge to be made for board and lodging; and copy of such rules shall be hung up in each house for the inspection of the inmates; and for any infraction of any one of such rules the offender in every instance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five
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