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ORDINANCE No. 8 CF 1875 . 1379


Steam-Launches.


No. 8 of 1875 .

An Ordinance for licensing small Passenger Steamers and for other Title.

purposes .
[ 13th July, 1875. ]
HEREAS it is expedient to regulate the number of passengers to be carried by Preamble.
W small steam vessels, and to guard against accidents thereon from overloading,
or from defective machinery: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong ,
with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :

1. It shall not be lawful for any steam vessel of less than one hundred tons burden Steam vessels
under 100 tons
not to carry
to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to any place outside the passengers for
hire without
waters of the Colony, unless she has obtained a licence as hereinafter provided . licence.

2. The Harbour Master may issue to steam vessels of less than one hundred tons The Harbour
Master to issue
licences.
burden licences for carrying passengers upon the conditions prescribed by such
regulations relating thereto as are for the time being in force.

3. The regulations contained in the schedule hereto shall take effect from the Regulations.
commencement of this Ordinance and shall continue in force until altered or repealed
as hereinafter provided .

4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, alter, amend, or repeal the Alteration or
repeal of regula
tions.
said regulations or any of them, and may, make other regulations as occasion requires.
Every new regulation and every alteration, amendment or repeal of an existing
regulation shall be published in the Government, Gazette, and after such publication
shall have the force of law.

5. If any steam vessel licensed under this Ordinance carries within the waters of Penalty for
carrying pas
the Colony more passengers than her licence allows, the owner or master thereof shall sengers in excess
of the licence.
be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

6. If any unlicensed steam vessel of less than one hundred tons burden arrives Penalty for
unlicensed
steamer arriving
in the waters of the Colony carrying more passengers in proportion to her size than with excessive
number of pas
she would be licensed to carry under the regulations for the time being in force under sengers.
this Ordinance, the master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred
dollars.

7. Any person offending against the regulations in force for the time being under Offences against
regulations.
this Ordinance, shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to a penalty not exceeding fifty
dollars.


8. All penalties for offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary Penalties.
way before a Police Magistrate or the Marine Magistrate.

9. This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be hereafter proclaimed Commencement.

by the Governor, and may be cited for all purposes as " The Steam - Launch Ordinance, Short title.
1875."