MARINE STORES REGULATIONS

MARINE STORES REGULATIONS

MARINE STORES PROTECTION

MARINE STORES REGULATIONS

(Cap. 143, section 4).
(Ordinance No. 13 of 1919).

[25th July, 1919.]

Dealers in marine stores.

1. (1) The fee for each licence to carry on the business
of a dealer in marine stores shall be five hundred
dollars per annum payable by equal quarterly payments,
each quarterly payment to be made in advance; and every
licensee shall furnish a bond, with two sureties, in the sum
of one thousand dollars conditioned for the due observance
by the licensee of the law affecting such dealers and for
the performance and observance of the conditions of the
licence and the regulations from time to time affecting the
same: Provided always that a licensee may pay the whole
amount of the fee in advance, in which case he shall not
be called upo to furnish such bond.

(2) Every dealer in marine stores shal also enter into
such a bond as is referred to in regulation 7 for every collector
who applies for a licence through him.

2. Every dealer in marine stores shall have his name
with the words 'DEALER IN MARINE STORES'
painted distinctly in letters not less than 3 1/2 inches high
on a board to be hung up conspicuously in front of each
of his licensed premises.

3. Any such premises may only be open from the 1st
day of October to the 31st day of March from 6 a.m. to
6 p.m. and from the 1st day of April to the 30th day of
September from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.

4. No marine stores shall be purchased from a child
apparently under fourteen years of age.

5. Every such licensee shal keep books in the form
and manner hereinafter shown in Form A or in such other




form as the Governor may direct, and shall enter therein
the name of every person from whorn lie purchases any
article, the house nuniber, narne of street and district in
which such person dwells, together with an intelligible
description or the article and time at which it was sold with
the price paid therefor, and fie shall also attach the number
of purchase to each article which 'is three dollars ol- more
ill value.

FORm A.

Number Date Name Residence Nature of Price paid.
or or ofBusiness. and
purchase.time. sender. Street No. goods.

6. No trade ol- business other than that of a dealer
in marine stores shall be carried on in lily premises ficensed
Under these regulations, and no provisions of any kind shall
be dealt in ol- bought ol- sold by a dealer in marine stores,
in the course of his business.

MarPic stores collectors.

7. ~i) The annual licence fee payable by a marine
stores collector shall be ten dollars per anitum, payable in
advance, and the dealer in marine stores through whom
such coliector applies for a 11cence shall enter into a bond
for One bundled dollars for-the performance and observance
by such collector of the conditions of such licence and of
the regulations affecting the same and of the Provisions of
the Ordinance.

(2) A marine stores collector's licence shall be issued
only to an individual person, and shall bear on the face
thereof inter alia the date of the issue thereof and the name
and place- of- birth of - the person to whom such licence is-
issued, and the date of expiration of such licence, which
particulars shall be written in English and Chinese. Such
licence shall also bear oil the face thereof a photograph
of the licensee.





(3) The conditions of a marine stores collector's licence
shall be as follows, and shall be printed on the back of
the licence in English and Chinese-
(a) this licence is not transferable;
(b)the licence board must be worn conspicuously by
the licensee at all times while he is plying his
trade ;
(c)every licensee shall produce two copies of his
photograph, one to be deposited in the office of the
Commissioner of Police and the other to be affixed
to his licence;
(d)the licensee shall riot ply the trade of a marine
stores collector nor shall he be afloat in the har-
bour for any purpose between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Penalty.

8. Any person who acts in contravention of regula-
lions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 shall be liable to a fine of one
thousand dollars or to imprisonment for three. months.

1 Citation.

9,. These regulations may be cited as the Marine
Stores Regulations.

Note-'Marine stores' includes old metal, but does not include
provisions of any kind.
No marine stores collector shall-
(a) deal in or buy or sell any provisions of any kind;
(b) buy any marine stores of a kind in which the dealer through
whom he obtained his licence does not deal;
(c) sell any marine stores of any kind.
This licence may be cancelled forthwith for a breach of any of
the above conditions or of the Ordinance or any regulation there-
under.

CHAPTER 144.
(Ordinance No. 27 Of 1950).
PUBLIC STORES.
No subsidiary legislation,
Regulations - Fraser, vol. 3. P. 878. G.N. 9/47. G.N.A. 79/51. G.N. 9/47. G.N. 9/47. (Cap. 143.) [r. 7 cont.] G.N.A. 79/51.

Regulations - Fraser, vol. 3. P. 878. G.N. 9/47. G.N.A. 79/51. G.N. 9/47. G.N. 9/47. (Cap. 143.) [r. 7 cont.] G.N.A. 79/51.

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