MARINE HAWKERS REGULATIONS

MARINE HAWKERS REGULATIONS

MARINE HAWKERS.

MARINE HAWKERS REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 160).
(Ordinance No. 26 of 1950).

[1st October, 1950.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Marine
Hawkers Regulations.

2. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence to trade
as a marine hawker shall apply to the Director of Marine
on the form provided for that purpose at the Marine Depart-
ment and furnish such copies of his photograph not exceed-
inf four as the Director of Marine may require.

3. The annual licence fee to trade as a marine hawker
on steamships shall be $60; and on native craft, $35.

4. (1) The forms of licences shall be respectively
those in Forms 1 and 2 in the Appendix.

(2) The licence shall. specify the commodities or handi-
craft in which the licensee shall trade.

5. Every licensee shall confine his trade exclusively to
that specified in his licence and to the particular area (it
any) in the waters of the Colony so specified.

6. Every licence shall expire on 30th September follow-
ing the date on which it is granted. Annual renewals may
be granted on payment of fees equivalent to the licence fee.

7. (1) The Director of Marine may in his absolute
discretion refuse to grant or renew any licence.

(2) The Director of Marine may revoke a licence if the
licensee is convicted of any offence against these regulations.
He may also revoke a licence on the ground of a breach of
any condition of the licence by the licensee or on the ground
of the general unsuitability of the licensee to-hold a licence :
Provided that revocation for breach of condition or for





general unsuitability of the licensee as aforesaid shall not be
made until the licensee has been given an opportunity to
show cause against such revocation.

8. Renewals if granted shall be endorsed on the licence.

9. If the Director of Marine is satisfied that a licence
has been lost or destroyed, or accidentally defaced, he may
issue a duplicate on payment of a fee of $5.

10. No person shall alter, deface or make any erasure
on a licence, and no person shall use, or have in his posses-
sion with a view to use, a licence on which an erasure has
been made, or which has been altered or defaced in any way.

11. When trading, every licensee shall carry his licence
and. shall produce the same to any police officer, marine
officer, health officer, health inspector or revenue officer, on
demand. Such officer may retain such licence for examina-
tion by the Director of Marine, and such licence shall, unless
revoked, be returned to the licensee within a reasonable time.

12. No licensee shall board any ship without the written
permission of the owner or agent and also the permission of
the master. No licensee shall board any native craft without
the permission of the master.

13. Every licensee shall collect and remove all refuse
caused by his trade and shall keep his boat and the imple-
ments of his trade clean.

14. (1) No licensee shall sub-let, transfer or lend his
licence, or lapel card to any other person.

(2) Every licensee shall attend his trade personally and
shall not depute any other person to trade for him in his
stead.

15. (1) No licensee shall use or utter any trade cry or
make any objectionable noise for the purpose of attracting
attention to his trade.

(2) No licensee shall behave in a manner importunate
towards, or calculated to obstruct, disturb or annoy, any
person.





16. The Director of Marine shall issue to every licensee
a lapel card bearing his name, licence number and particulars
of licence, and the licensee shall when trading, wear such
lapel card in a conspicuous part of his attire so as to be
clearly visible. If a licensee loses his lapel card the fee for
a duplicate shall be $i.

17. No licensee shall trade in a manner likely to obstruct
any vessel.

18. No licensee shall trade in-
(a)kerosene, gunpowder, firecrackers or any other
description of dangerous goods as defined by the
Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1873;
(b)liquor, cigars, tobacco, cigarettes or any other
dutiable goods;
(c)marine stores as defined by the Marine Stores
Protection Ordinance.

19. No licensee shall knowingly let fall or throw any
refuse into the harbour.

20. (1) No licensee shall trade on shore.

(2) The hours of trade for a licensee on steamships shall
be 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. but on ferry vessels the hours of trade
shall be 6 a.m. to midnight. For a licensee on native craft
the hours of trade shall be 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. but in junk
anchorages from 6 a.m. to midnight. No licensee shall
trade other than during such hours.

21. (1) Every licensee licensed to sell food shall if lie
provides eating utensils or chopsticks, provide also an
adequate amount of boiling water with which to cleanse such
articles after use by one customer and before use by another.

(2) Every such licensee shall be subject to such medical
regulations as may be imposed on other handlers of food
in restaurants and shall if so required by the Director of
Marine, submit himself to periodical medical examination.

22. Any licensee who acts in contravention of regula-
tion 5 or of regulations 10 to 21 inclusive shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and
to imprisonment for six months.





APPENDIX.

FoRm 1.
(Native Graft).
Marine Hawker's Licence.
L.icence Ne. Date of issue:
............. 1 1. of
is hereby licensed to sell (here specify the goods) (o**r'*t'r'a'd'e'*a*'s'*a*
....................................... as the case may be) -
from iicensed boat No . and on native craft in the
harbour of Hong Kong (or as the case may be) until ..................
day of ........19 ...subject to the conditions and
for the further periods endorsed hereon.
Conditions.
The licensee shall observe the regulations made under the Marine
Hawkers Ordinance (Chapter 160 of the Revised Edition).

....................
Photograph Director of Marine.

FoRm 2.
(Steamship).
Marine Hawker's Licence.
Licence No. Date of issue:
.............. of
is hereby licensed to sell (here specify the goods) (or trade as a
.............. as the case may be)
on ard steamships in the harbour of Hong Kong (or as the case
may be) until the ...............day of 19
subject to the conditions and for the further periods endorsed hereon.
Conditions.
The licensee shall observe the regulations made under the Marine
Hawkers Ordinance (Chapter 160 of the Revised Edition).

Photograph Director of Marine.
Ord. 26 of 1950, s. 5, Schedule. Citation. Application for licence. Licence fee. Forms of licence. Trading area, &c. Expiry of licence. Discretionary powers of Director of Marine. Renewal. Loss of licence. Defacement of licence. Production of licence. Boarding of vessels. Refuse, etc. Sub-letting, etc. Trade cries. Lapel card. Obstruction. Dangerous goods, &c. (Ord. 1/1878.) (Cap. 143.) Throwing refuse. No trading on shore. Hawking food. Offences.

Ord. 26 of 1950, s. 5, Schedule. Citation. Application for licence. Licence fee. Forms of licence. Trading area, &c. Expiry of licence. Discretionary powers of Director of Marine. Renewal. Loss of licence. Defacement of licence. Production of licence. Boarding of vessels. Refuse, etc. Sub-letting, etc. Trade cries. Lapel card. Obstruction. Dangerous goods, &c. (Ord. 1/1878.) (Cap. 143.) Throwing refuse. No trading on shore. Hawking food. Offences.

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