STONECUTTERS ISLAND ORDINANCE, 1889

STONECUTTERS ISLAND ORDINANCE, 1889

No. 4 of 1889.

An Ordinance to make provision with respect to Stonecutters
Island.
[13th March, 1889.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Stonecutters Island
Ordinance, 1889.

2. In this Ordinance, guard includes any soldier or
sentry belonging to His Majesty's regular troops who is
employed on military duty in Stonecutter Island.

3.-(1) No person shall land or be upon Stonecutters
Island unless he is the bearer of a written order for the
purpose duly granted to him by the orfficer is command of
His Majesty's regular troops in the Colony, or unless he is
an officer or soldier of His Majeesty's regular troops employed
on military duty in the said island or police officer.

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.









































(2) Every person who lands or is found on the said island
contrary to his Ordinance shall upon summary conviction
be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to
imprisnment it for any term not exceeding three months.

(3) An order granted to any contractor employed either
by the Director of Public Works or by the Commanding
Royal Engineer shall cover all Chinese labourers specifically
mentioned in such order actually employed on work in the
said island.

4. When any person lands or is found on the said island,
any guard may require such person to show his order for the
purpose, and if such person, on being so so required, does not
produce and show his order, or if the said guard suspects
that the order produced and shown to him is not an order
duly granted to such person or not sufficient authority for
such person to be then upon the said island, he may arrest
such person forthwith anddeliver him into the charge of a
police officer.

5.-(1) No vessel shall anchor or make fast within one
hundred yards from the store at low water mark of the
island unless with the written permission of the officer in
command of His Majesty's regular troops in the Colony, except
such vessel be employed on naval, military, or police duty,
or except such vessel te compelled by stress of weather to
anchor or make fast, within such distance.

(2) The master or other person in charge of any vessel
which so anchors or makes fast, shall upon sumamry convic-
tion be liable to a line not exceeding twenty dollars, or to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.

(3) in this section, vessel includes junk, sampan, boat,
and every other description of vessel used in navigation.

6. The Governor may by proclamation exempt any portion
of the said island from the operation of this Ordinance.

No. 5 of 1889, repealed by No. 11 of 1919.

* As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.
















[Originally No. 11 of 1889. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Penalty for landing or being on Stonecutters Island without authority. Power to arrest person landing on being on Stonecutters Island without order. Vessel not to anchor within 100 yards of Stonecutters Island. Part of Stoncutters Island may be exempted.

[Originally No. 11 of 1889. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Penalty for landing or being on Stonecutters Island without authority. Power to arrest person landing on being on Stonecutters Island without order. Vessel not to anchor within 100 yards of Stonecutters Island. Part of Stoncutters Island may be exempted.

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