1008
No. 10 of 1899.
[s. 89 contd.]
Licence for lighters cargo boats hulks and small boats.
Regulations for licensing of junks, etc Table U.
Penalty where over-crowding results in drowning of passengers.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, in addition to any other penalty he may thereby incur.
(7) Lighters, cargo-boats, fish-drying hulks and other hulks, sampans, and all small boats, other than pleasure boats, shall be licensed by the Harbour Master upon the payment of the prescribed fees for such periods and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and the master thereof shall cause the number of such licence to be painted in figures, which shall not at any time be concealed, of such size and in such colours and in such position as the Harbour Master shall direct. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, in addition to any other penalty he may thereby incur.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make regulations :-
(a) for the licensing, registration, due management, control, and regulation, within the waters of the Colony, of all vessels, and for fixing the scale of fees for such licences;
(b) for fixing the scale of fares to be charged in respect of cargo-boats, lighters, and all small boats other than pleasure boats;
(c) for the regulation and management of all boats, sampans, or other vessels used as dwelling places within the waters of the Colony and not plying for hire;
(d) for the registration or licensing of such last-mentioned vessels and of the people dwelling in the same; and
(e) for providing adequate means for preventing by force when necessary any junk leaving the waters of the Colony or any port in violation of this section :
Provided that until other regulations are made those contained in Table U of the schedule shall apply.
(9) In case any greater number of persons or passengers shall be taken or carried in any vessel within the waters of the Colony than is respectively allowed to be carried therein by the aforesaid regulations, and any person or passenger is drowned in consequence thereof, every person who is in charge of such vessel shall be guilty
1008
No. 10 of 1899.
[s. 89 contd.]
Licence for lighters
cargo boats hulks and
small boats.
Regulations for licensing of junks, etc
Table U.
Penalty
where over-
crowding results in drowning of passengers.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, in addition to any other penalty he may thereby incur.
(7) Lighters, cargo-boats, fish-drying hulks and other hulks, sampans, and all small boats, other than pleasure boats, shall be licensed by the Harbour Master upon the payment of the prescribed fees for such periods and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and the master thereof shall cause the number of such licence to be painted in figures, which shall not at any time be concealed, of such size and in such colours and in such position as the Harbour Master shall direct. Every person guilty of a breach of any such conditions or of the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, in addition to any other penalty he may thereby incur.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make regulations :-
(a) for the licensing, registration, due management, control, and regulation, within the waters of the Colony, of all vessels, and for fixing the scale of fees for such licences;
(b) for fixing the scale of fares to be charged in respect of cargo- boats, lighters, and all small boats other than pleasure boats;
(c) for the regulation and management of all boats, sampans, or other vessels used as dwelling places within the waters of the Colony and not plying for hire;
(d) for the registration or licensing of such last-mentioned vessels and of the people dwelling in the same; and
(e) for providing adequate means for preventing by force when necessary any junk leaving the waters of the Colony or any port in
violation of this section :
Provided that until other regulations are made those contained in Table U of the schedule shall apply.
(9) In case any greater number of persons or passengers shall be taken or carried in any vessel within the waters of the Colony than is respectively allowed to be carried therein by the aforesaid regula- tions, and any person or passenger is drowned in consequence thereof, every person who is in charge of such vessel shall be guilty
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