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494 ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1862 .


Harbour Regulation .


No. 1 of 1862.
Title. An Ordinance for the Regulation and Control of the Harbour of Victoria ,
Hongkong .
[ 22nd January, 1862. ]
Preamble. HEREAS it is expedient to revise and amend the regulations hitherto existing
WH for the maintenance of order within the Harbour of Victoria, Hongkong : -Be
it enacted and ordained

Ordinance No. 11 1. Ordinance No. 11 of 1845 is hereby repealed, except so far as the same repeals
of 1845 repealed.
No. 19 of 1844.

Regulations of 2. The harbour regulations issued on the 30th day of April 1841 , under the
April 1841,
revoked. hand of Charles Elliot, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, are hereby revoked.
Vessels to hoist 3. Every master of a merchant vessel shall hoist the ship's number on entering
their numbers.
the harbour of Victoria, and shall keep such number flying until the ship shall have
been reported at the Harbour Master's Office.
Vessels to be 4. Every master shall , within twenty-four hours after arrival within the limits of
reported within
24 hours. this harbour, report the arrival of his ship at the Harbour Master's Office, and in the
case of a British vessel , or of a vessel which shall not be represented by a Consul, shall
deposit there the ship's articles, list of passengers, ship's register, and true copy of
manifest if required . In the case of a Foreign vessel represented by a Consul, the
said papers shall be lodged by the master at the proper Consulate, under a penalty not
exceeding two hundred dollars on refusal or neglect of the master so to do.
Masters and 5. The name of a master or first or only mate shall not be attached by the Har
mates to possess
certificates. bour Master to a British ship's register or articles, unless such master or mate shall
possess a certificate of service or competency.
Seamen shall be 6. No officer, seaman, or other person shall be shipped in this harbour to do
shipped at the
shipping office duty on board any merchant vessel, except at the shipping office of the Harbour
only.
Master, under a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for every offence.
Deaths, deser 7. In the event of the death of any of the crew, passengers, or other persons,
tions, orremovals
to be reported. occurring on board any merchant vessel whilst in the harbour, or in case of the deser
tion or removal of any of the crew, the master of such vessel shall forthwith report
the same in writing to the Harbour Master, under a penalty not exceeding twenty- five
dollars for every death , desertion , or removal which he shall neglect to report.
Seamen to be 8. No master of any ship shall discharge, or force therefrom , or wilfully or
discharged only
by permission of negligently leave behind him, in this Colony, any seaman shipped on board thereof
Harbour Master.
unless on a certificate from the Harbour Master or other person appointed to grant the
same ; and who shall have power to withhold or grant the same as he shall see fit
under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars : and if any seaman shall wilfully or
negligently remain in the Colony, after the departure of the vessel in which he shall
have shipped, without such certificate, such seaman shall on conviction before the
Marine Magistrate forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars or be
imprisoned for a term not exceeding one month.