FO371-23518 — Page 236

Page 236

Page 236

No. 18 of 1936

Hong Kong.

75

TELECOMMUNICATION

ORDINANCE No. 18 of 1936. (TELECOMMUNICATION).

Published in the Government Gazette of the 13th November, 1936, Government Notification No. 895.

!

In exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs (ƒ) and (g) of subsection (1) of section 32 of the Telecommunica- tion Ordinance, 1936, the Governor in Council makes the following amendment of the Radiocommunication Regulations in the Schedule to the said Ordinance :-

Amendment.

The following additional regulations are inserted in the said Schedule immediately after regulation 18:—

19. All apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board any ship, whether British or foreign, not having the status of a ship of war, in the waters of the Colony or on any aircraft in or over the Colony shall be worked in such a way as not to interfere with (a) Naval signalling; or (b) the working of any wireless telegraph station lawfully established, installed, or worked in the Colony or the waters thereof, and in particular the said apparatus shall be so worked as not to interrupt or interfere with the transmission of any messages between wireless telegraph stations established as aforesaid on land and wireless telegraph stations established on ships

at sea.

20. No apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board any ship, whether British or foreign, not having the status of a ship of war, shall be worked or used while such ship is in any harbour of the Colony :

Provided that-

(a) When the ship is in harbour and is being navigated— i.e., is not anchored or made fast-the apparatus may be used for the purpose of communicating, on minimum power,

Page 236

Page 236