LIGHT DUES (BAHAMAS AND LEEWARD ISLANDS) ORDINANCE

LIGHT DUES (BAHAMAS AND LEEWARD ISLANDS) ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 79.

LIGHT DUES (BAHAMAS AND LEEWARD ISLANDS).

To provide for the levying in Hong Kong of colonial light dues in
respect of certain lighthouses and of a buoy on or near the
coasts of the Bahamas and the Leeward Islands.

[29th June, 1934.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Light Dues (Bahamas and
Leeward Islands) Ordinance.

2. In pursuance of the provisions of subsection (2) of section 670
of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the legislature of the Colony
hereby signifies its opinion that the dues fixed by order of His Majesty
in Council of the 17th day of December, 1931, or such other dues as may
from time to time be substituted therefor by His Majesty in Council,
ought to be levied and paid in the Colony.

3. (1) All dues in respect of the lighthouses and buoy specified in
the Schedule shall be paid in the Colony by the owner or master of
every ship for every occasion on which such ship passes and derives
benefit from any of the said lighthouses or the said buoy, provided that
such dues have not previously been paid in the United Kingdom or
elsewhere in the Commonwealth in respect of the occasion for which
such dues are claimed.

(2) Such dues shall be paid at the rate specified in the Schedule, or
at such other rate as may be fixed by His Majesty in Council.

4. The dues payable under this Ordinance shall be collected and
dealt with by the Director of Marine, after deducting the cost of
collection, in accordance with such instructions as may from time to
time be issued with the authority of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies.

5. The provisions of section 32 of the Merchant Shipping
Ordinance, 1899, shall apply to the dues payable under this Ordinance.





6. The Governor in Council may, by notification in the
Gazette, vary the Schedule.

15 of 1934. 24 of 1950. Short title. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Signification of opinion of legislature under 57 & 58 Vict. C. 60. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Dues to be leviable. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Schedule. Procedure. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Method of recovery. 24 of 1950, Schedule. (10 of 1899.) Power to vary Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule.

15 of 1934. 24 of 1950. Short title. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Signification of opinion of legislature under 57 & 58 Vict. C. 60. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Dues to be leviable. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Schedule. Procedure. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Method of recovery. 24 of 1950, Schedule. (10 of 1899.) Power to vary Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule.

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