SHIPS (PROHIBITION OF SALE OF LIQUOR) ORDINANCE, 1886

SHIPS (PROHIBITION OF SALE OF LIQUOR) ORDINANCE, 1886

No. 11 of 1886.
An Ordinance to prevent the sale or conveyance on board
ship of spirituous liquor.
[30th November, 1886.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Ships (Prohibition
of Sale of Liquor) Ordinance, 1886.

2. In this Ordinance, ship means any of His Majesty's
ships or vessels, and any description of vessel used in
navigation not propelled by oars, but does not include
Chinese junkss or lorchas not propelled by steam.

* As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923. Revenue officers may arrest without
warrant in respect of offences against the provisions of this Ordinance. See No.
2 of 1917.
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.

3.-(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to bring on
board any ship any spirituous or fermented liquor of any
description, without the consent of the officer commanding
or the master thereof.

(2) It shall be lawful for ally officer in flis Majesty's
service, any master of any ship, or any warrant or petty
officer of the navy or non-commissioned officer of marines,
with or without seamen or persons under his command or
orders, to search any boat hovering about or a approaching,
or which may have hovered about Oir approached, any
ship, and, if any spirituous or fermented liquor is found on
board such boat, to seize it, and the same shall be forfeited,
(3) Every person who-
(a) brings any spirituous or fermented liquor on board
any, ship without such consent as aforesaid; or

(b) approaches or hovers about any ship for the purpose of
bringing any spirituous or fermented liquor on board the
same, without such consent as aforesaid, or for the
of giving or selling, without such consent,spirituous or
fermented liquor to men in His Majesty's service or on board
any ship,

shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceed-
ing fifty dollars.

(4) It shall be lawful for any officer in His Majesty's service,
or any master of any ship, or any such warrant or petty
officer or non-commissioned officer as aforesald, or for any
constable, with or without any warrant or other process, to
apprehend or cause to be apprehended any such offender or
person so acting, and to bring him or cause him to be
brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
[Originally No. 18 of 1886. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of bringing liquor on board ship, etc. [Originally No. 26 of 1886. No. 21 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]

[Originally No. 18 of 1886. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of bringing liquor on board ship, etc. [Originally No. 26 of 1886. No. 21 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]

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