KELLET ISLAND ORDINANCE, 1898

KELLET ISLAND ORDINANCE, 1898

No. 2 of 1898.

ordinance to make provision with respect to kellet island

[13th August, 1898.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Kellet Island
Ordinance, 1898.

See No. 3 of 1890, Third Schedule.
As amended by No. 13 of 1922.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

2. No ship, boat, junk, or other vessel shall anchor,
remain, or loiter, whether for the purpose of fishing or for
any other purpose, within a distance of fifty yards from
high water mark on Kellet Island, without a written permit
from the commodore in charge of Naval Establishments in
the Colony: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply
to vessels in the employ of the Majesty's naval or military
authorities or the employ of the Government of the
Colony, whether upon police service or otherwise.

3. No person shall. land or be upon Kellet Island unless
he is the beayer of a written order for that purpose duly
granted to him by the Commodore in charge of Naval
Establishments in the Colony or unless he is an officer,
warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or private of the
army, navy, or marine forces, on duty, or a member of the
police force, on duty.

4. Any person in charge of any ship, boat, junk, or other
vessel contravening the provisions of section 2, and ally
person contravening the provisions of section 3, shall be
guilty of an offence, and shall apon summary, conviction be
liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding one nionth.

5. Any commissioned or non-commissioned officer in His
majesty's naval or milityary forces and any police officer
may, with. or without a warrant, apprehend or cause to bc
apprehended any person offending against this Ordinance,
and may bring him or cause him to be brought before a
magistrate to be dealt with according to law.

[Originally No. 12 of 1898. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Prohibition of vessel anchoring, etc., within 50 yards of Kellet Island, without permission. Prohibition of landing on Kellet Island, without written order, etc. Penalty. Arrest of offender.

[Originally No. 12 of 1898. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Prohibition of vessel anchoring, etc., within 50 yards of Kellet Island, without permission. Prohibition of landing on Kellet Island, without written order, etc. Penalty. Arrest of offender.

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