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9. The following officers are hereby authorized to remove or to take into custody without warrant any person contravening section 6 or 7, or to remove any vessel, aircraft or thing found on any area affected--
etc.
(a) the officer in charge of the gun sites, that is to say, the Commander, Kowloon Area;
(b) any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or military policeman, for the time being under the command of the said officer in charge of the gun sites;
(c) any person authorized in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge of the gun sites; or
(d) any police officer.
10. (1) This Ordinance shall not apply to-
(a) any ship or aircraft entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another except where such vessel is engaged in firing practice from a gun site;
(b) any vessel or aircraft compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation;
(c) any vessel or aircraft when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Commander, Kowloon Area;
(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected;
(e) His Majesty's ships of war or aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council authority or under the Government of the Colony.
(2) In this section the word "ship" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.
Exemptions.
50 of 1936, s.3. 26 of 1946,
Schedule.
7 of 1948, s.10.
38 of 1949, s.12.
(10 of 1899.)
Governor in Council may by order signified in the Gazette amend the Schedules to this Ordinance in any manner whatsoever provided that no amendment of the firing areas shall extend any such area beyond the Colony and its territorial waters.
11. The Governor in Council may by order signified Power of in the Gazette amend the Schedules to this Ordinance in any Council manner whatsoever provided that no amendment of the firing Schedules. areas shall extend any such area beyond the Colony and its 50 of 1986, s.4. territorial waters.
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Defences (Firing Areas).
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authorized
or remove
9. The following officers are hereby authorized to Officers remove or to take into custody without warrant any person to arrest contravening section 6 or 7, or to remove any vessel, aircraft trespassers, or thing found on any area affected--
etc.
(a) the officer in charge of the gun sites, that is to say, 7 of 1948, s.9.
the Commander, Kowloon Area;
(b) any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or military policeman, for the time being under the command of the said officer in charge of the gun sites;
(c) any person authorized in writing under the hand
of the said officer in charge of the gun sites; or (d) any police officer.
10. (1) This Ordinance shall not apply to- (a) any ship or aircraft entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another except where such vessel is engaged in firing practice from a gun site; (b) any vessel or aircraft compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation;
(c) any vessel or aircraft when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Commander, Kowloon Area;
(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected;
(e) His Majesty's ships of war or aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council authority or under the Government of the Colony.
(2) In this section the word "ship" has the same. meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.
Exemptions.
50 of 1936, s.3. 26 of 1946,
Schedule.
7 of 1948, s.10.
38 of 1949, s.12.
(10 of 1899.)
Governor in
to amend
11. The Governor in Council may by order signified Power of in the Gazette amend the Schedules to this Ordinance in any Council manner whatsoever provided that no amendment of the firing Schedules. areas shall extend any such area beyond the Colony and its 50 of 1986, s.4. territorial waters.
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Schedule.
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