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222 ORDINANCES Nos. 3 AND 4 OF 1847 .


Piracy. Markets.


cified in their the property of pirates, and as such liable to forfeiture by process in the Court of Vice
registers, to be
deemed the pro
perty ofpirates, Admiralty ; and the master or owner of every trading junk, lorcha, large fast-boat,
and liable to
forfeiture. or other vessel already registered and licensed as aforesaid (or hereafter to be registered
and licensed) , is hereby required to cause the number, quality, and description of the
arms on board of such trading junk, lorcha, large fast-boat, or other vessel, to be
Masters or inserted in or endorsed on the register of the said vessel ; and every such master or
owners of vessels
to have the owner is hereby required to produce such register to the Registrar General (who shall
number, quality,
&c., ofarms on make such insertion or endorsement as aforesaid) under a penalty not exceeding fifty
board, inserted
in their registers. dollars.
Penalty.
Masters or com 6. And be it further enacted and ordained , that the master or commander of all
manders of
junks, lorchas, trading junks, lorchas , large fast- boats , and other vessels duly registered and licensed
&c., to show
their flag .
as before mentioned, and trading or plying between Hongkong and any part of the do
minions of the Emperor of China, shall, whenever they shall come in sight of any
European ship or other vessel, hoist their flag in some conspicuous part of their said
Penalty . vessel, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars ; and the master and officers of every
British or other vessel who shall meet or fall in with any trading junk, lorcha, large
fast-boat, or other vessel bearing or carrying the flag aforesaid, is or are hereby re
quired to note the number of the said flag in their log-book, and also the time and
place when and where such meeting shall occur, and to report the same to the Harbour
Master or Consul at the port of their
• destination.
Penalty how to 7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the penalties mentioned in the
be recovered.
three preceding sections of this Ordinance shall be recoverable in the same manner as
penalties are made recoverable by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, entitled " An Ordinance to
regulate summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, and to protect Justices in
the Execution of their Duty."

[ Disallowance Proclaimed 1st January, 1848. ]



No. 4 of 1847.

Title. An Ordinance to Repeal and Amend Ordinance No. 1 of 1847 , entitled ,
" An Ordinance for Licensing Markets and for preventing Disorders
therein."
[ 12th August, 1847. ]
Preamble. HEREAS it is expedient to repeal and amend Ordinance No. 1 of 1847, for
W licensing markets and for preventing disorders therein, the said Ordinance is
hereby declared to be repealed accordingly ; and whereas it is further expedient, with a
view to prevent disorders and preserve peace and tranquillity in the markets already
established, or hereafter to be established in the said Colony, that certain provisions
should be made for the regulation thereof:
No market to be 1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong
established
without the
Governor's per kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the passing
mission.
of this present Ordinance, whoever shall erect , build, or establish any market in the