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2260

Interpreta-tion.

No launch or ship to leave on certain voyages unless a bond has been entered into.

*

No launch to carry passengers

No. 23 of 1914.

2. In this Ordinance,

PIRACY PREVENTION.

(a) "Launch" means any vessel used in navigation not exceeding sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propulsion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails.

(b) "Master" includes any person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship.

(c) "Passenger" includes any person on a launch or ship other than the master and crew and the owner, his family and servants.

(d) "Ship" means any vessel used in navigation exceeding sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propulsion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails.

3. No launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on a voyage to Amoy, Swatow, Macao, Kwong Chau Wan, Hoihow, or Haiphong, or to any port or place on the Canton River or the West River or any river or estuary in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or to any port or place in either of the said provinces, unless the owners, agents, charterers or licensees of the said launch or ship shall have duly entered into a bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on any such voyage unless the said bond shall have been duly entered into and shall be subsisting and valid in all respects the master of the said launch or ship and the owners, agents, charterers and licensees shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

4. No launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony unless the owners, agents, charterers or licensees of the said launch shall have duly entered into a bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony unless a bond has been entered into.

* See G.N. No. 15 of 1922.

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2260 Interpreta-tion. No launch or ship to leave on certain voyages unless a bond has been entered into. * No launch to carry passengers No. 23 of 1914. 2. In this Ordinance, PIRACY PREVENTION. (a) "Launch" means any vessel used in navigation not exceeding sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propulsion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails. (b) "Master" includes any person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship. (c) "Passenger" includes any person on a launch or ship other than the master and crew and the owner, his family and servants. (d) "Ship" means any vessel used in navigation exceeding sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propulsion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails. 3. No launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on a voyage to Amoy, Swatow, Macao, Kwong Chau Wan, Hoihow, or Haiphong, or to any port or place on the Canton River or the West River or any river or estuary in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or to any port or place in either of the said provinces, unless the owners, agents, charterers or licensees of the said launch or ship shall have duly entered into a bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on any such voyage unless the said bond shall have been duly entered into and shall be subsisting and valid in all respects the master of the said launch or ship and the owners, agents, charterers and licensees shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 4. No launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony unless the owners, agents, charterers or licensees of the said launch shall have duly entered into a bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony unless a bond has been entered into. * See G.N. No. 15 of 1922.
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2260 Interpreta- tion. No lauuch or ship to leave on certain voyages unless a bond has been entered into. * No launch to carry passengers No. 23 of 1914. 2. In this Ordinance, PIRACY PREVENTION. (a) "Launch" means any vessel used in navigation not exceeding sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propul- sion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails. (b) "Master" includes any person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship. (e) "Passenger" includes any person on a launch or ship other than the master and crew and the owner, his family and servants. (d) “Ship" means any vessel used in navigation exceed- ing sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propulsion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails. 3. No launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on a voyage to Amoy, Swatow, Macao, Kwong Chau Wan, Hoihow, or Haiphong, or to any port or place on the Canton River or the West River or any river or estuary in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or to any port or place in either of the said provinces, unless the owners, agents, charterers or licensees of the said launch or ship shall have duly entered into a bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on any such voyage unless the said bond shall have been duly entered into and shall be subsist- ing and valid in all respects the master of the said launch or ship and the owners, agents, charterers and licensees shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on indict- ment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 4. No launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony unless the owners, agents, charterers or except within licensees of the said launch shall have duly entered into a the Harbour bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony unless a bond has been entered into. * See G.N. No. 15 of 1922.
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2260

Interpreta- tion.

No lauuch or ship to leave on certain

voyages unless a bond has been entered

into.

*

No launch to carry passengers

No. 23 of 1914.

2. In this Ordinance,

PIRACY PREVENTION.

(a) "Launch" means any vessel used in navigation not exceeding sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propul- sion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails.

(b)

"Master" includes any person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship.

(e) "Passenger" includes any person on a launch or ship other than the master and crew and the owner, his family and servants.

(d) “Ship" means any vessel used in navigation exceed- ing sixty tons net registered tonnage in the propulsion of which any use is made of any mechanical means other than oars and sails.

3. No launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on a voyage to Amoy, Swatow, Macao, Kwong Chau Wan, Hoihow, or Haiphong, or to any port or place on the Canton River or the West River or any river or estuary in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or to any port or place in either of the said provinces, unless the owners, agents, charterers or licensees of the said launch or ship shall have duly entered into a bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch or ship shall leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony on any such voyage unless the said bond shall have been duly entered into and shall be subsist- ing and valid in all respects the master of the said launch or ship and the owners, agents, charterers and licensees shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on indict- ment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

4. No launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony unless the owners, agents, charterers or except within licensees of the said launch shall have duly entered into a the Harbour bond as hereinafter required and unless such bond shall be subsisting and valid in all respects, and if any launch shall carry any passenger from or to any place in the Colony

unless a

bond has

been entered into.

* See G.N. No. 15 of 1922.

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