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L.S.

HONG KONG.

No. 4 OF 1940.

I assent.

G. A. S. Northcote,

Governor.

15th March, 1940.

An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance,

1899.

[15th March, 1940.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Ship- Short title. ping Amendment Ordinance, 1940.

2. Sub-section (6) of section 22 of the Merchant Ship- Amendments ping Ordinance, 1899, is amended :--

of Ordinance No. 10 of

(6).

(a) by the repeal of the words "shall be liable to a fine 1899, s. 22 not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars" in the four- teenth and fifteenth lines thereof and by the substitution therefor of the words shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months

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(b) by the addition of the following paragraph at the end thereof :-

If the intended voyage is to any port in China which has not been opened at any time to foreign trade the Harbour Master may, at his absolute discretion, refuse to furnish a port clearance.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 14th day of March, 1940.

C. BRAMALL BURGESS,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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