STONECUTTERS ISLAND ORDINANCE

STONECUTTERS ISLAND ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 201.

STONECUTTERS ISLAND.

To make provision with respect to Stonecutters Island.

[13th March, 1889.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Stonecutters
Island Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance, 'guard' includes any member
of His Majesty's regular forces on duty on Stonecutters
Island.

3. (1) No person shall land on or be upon Stone-
cutters Island unless he is the bearer of a written order
for the purpose duly granted to him by the Colonial
Secretary, or by the officer in command of His Majesty's
regular troops in the Colony, or by the officer in charge
of His Majesty's naval establishments in the Colony, or
unless he Is a member of His Majesty's regular forces on
duty on the island or a police officer or a member of the
Royal Naval Yard Police.

(2) Any person who lands or is found on the said
island contrary to this Ordinance shall upon summary
conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars or
to imprisonment for three months.

(3) An order granted to any contractor employed by
the Director of Public Works, or by the officer in' charge
of His Majesty's naval establishments in the Colony, or
by the Commander Royal Engineers shall cover all Chinese
labourers specifically mentioned in such order actually
employed on work on the island.

4. When any person lands or is found on Stonecutters
Island, any guard or any member of the Royal Naval Yard
Police may require such person to produce and show his
order for the purpose; and if such person, on being so
required, does not produce and show his order, or if the
said guard or member of the Royal Naval Yard Police
suspects that any order produced is not an order duly
granted to such person, or is not a sufficient authority for
such person to be then upon the island, lie may arrest





such person forthwith and deliver him into the charge of
a police officer.

5. (1) No vessel shall anchor or approach or make
fast within one hundred yards from the shore at low water
mark of Stonecutters Island unless with the written per-
mission of the officer in command of His Majesty's regular
troops in the Colony, or of the officer in charge of His
Majesty's naval establishments in the Colony, unless such
vessel is employed on naval, military, air force, or police
duty, or unless such vessel is compelled by stress of
weather to anchor or approach or make fast within such
distance.

(2) The master or other person in charge of any vessel
which in contravention of subsection (i) so anchors or
approaches or makes fast, shall upon summary conviction
be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars, or to imprison-
ment for three months.

(3) Any guard or any member of the Royal Naval
Yard Police may detain any vessel which appears to be
acting in contravention of subsection (1) and require the
master or other person in charge to produce and show his
written permit; and, if such master or other person on being
so required does not produce and show it, or if the sdid
guard or member of the Royal Naval Yard Police suspects
that any written permit produced is not a permit duly
granted to such master or other person, or is not sufficient
authority for anchoring or approaching or making fast, he
may arrest such master or person forthwith and deliver him
into the charge of a police officer.

(4) In this section, 'vessel' includes junk, sampan,
boat, and every other description of vessel used in naviga-
tion.

6. The Governor may by proclamation exempt any
portion of the said island from the operation of this Ordin-
ance.
Originally 11 of 1889. Fraser 4 of 1889. 22 of 1950. Short title. Interpretation. Penalty for landing or being on Stonecutters Island without authority. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Power to arrest person landing or being on Stonecutters Island without order. Vessel not to anchor near or approach Stonecutters Island. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Part of Stonecutters Island may be exempted.

Originally 11 of 1889. Fraser 4 of 1889. 22 of 1950. Short title. Interpretation. Penalty for landing or being on Stonecutters Island without authority. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Power to arrest person landing or being on Stonecutters Island without order. Vessel not to anchor near or approach Stonecutters Island. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Part of Stonecutters Island may be exempted.

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