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. '11is 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 junks or
lorchas not propelled by steam.

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 he lawful for any officer in His 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

revenue officers may arrest without warrant in respect of offences against
the provisions of this Ordinance. See No. 2 of 1917.
ps amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
seamen or persons under his command or orders, to search any
boat hovering about or approaching, or which may have
hovered about or approached, any ship, and, if any spirituous
or fermented liquor is found on board such boat, to seize such
liquor, 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 purpose 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 exceeding
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 aforesaid, 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. 1937.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of bringing liquor on board ship, etc.

[Originally No. 18 of 1886. Law Rev. Ord. 1937.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of bringing liquor on board ship, etc.

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