SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY REGULATIONS

SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY REGULATIONS

SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY.

SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 218, section 6).
(Ordmance No. I of 1868).

[16th. March, 1928.]

1. In these regulations-
'passenger' means any person carried in a vessel, other
than the owner, charterer and licensee, their families
agents, servants and workmen, and the master, pilot,
officers, staff and crew;
'ship' includes any description' of vessel used in naviga
tion in the propulsion of which use is made of any
mechanical means other than oars and sails, also any
description of junk or craft, howsoever propelled or
moved, used or intended to be used for carrying any
passenger; and
'vessel' includes any ship or boat, and any other descrip-
tion of craft used in navigation.

2. The Commissioner of Police shall have power to
search any vessel, and after search to make further
searches, and to detain any vessel for such purpose, and he
may delegate his powers under this regulation.

3. Every vessel in the waters of the Colony shall stop
when hailed by the police.

4. The owners, agents, charterers and licensees shall
notify the Commissioner of Police confidentially beforehand
on any occasion when it is expected that treasure will be
carried on a ship from or through the waters of the
Colony.

5. While any ship is lying alongside a wharf in the
harbour of Victoria, no person, except person's concerned
in the loading or unloading of the cargo of the ship, shall
be permitted to come on board the ship on the side of the
ship away from the wharf, and no person whatsoever shall
be permitted to bring or put on board anything, except
cargo, on the side of the ship away from the wharf.





6. When the master of any ship propelled by any
mechanical means other than oars and sails in the waters
of the Colony has any cause whatever to believe that any
vessel may be in need of assistance in respect of a piratical
attack, it shall be his duty, as far as. reasonably may be,
to approach such vessel as closely as possible, to stand by
it, to prevent the access of pirates thereto, to assist in rescue
work, to call other ships to the aid of the vessel attacked,
and do all such other acts as may be necessary or advis-
able to assist the said vessel in repelling the attack, and
after the attack, and he shall act accordingly.

7. The owner, charterer, agent or licensee of any
vessel not required by or under these regulations to under-
go search may apply to the Commissioner of Police for
police search of the vessel ; the Commissioner of Police may
refuse to comply with any such application, or may impose
conditions on which any such application will be granted;
every search undertaken pursuant to this regulation shall be
deemed to be an authorized search under these regulations.

8. No ship required under these regulations to under-
go police search shall commence or attempt to commence
a voyage or trip except from a place and at an hour pre-
viously notified to and approved by the Commissioner of
Police. Such approval may be conveyed to masters and
others in charge of ships by special or general instructions
issued from time to time by the Commissioner of Police.

9. Subject to exemption granted under these regula-
tions no ship shall carry or attempt to carry any passenger
from the Colony or through the water, of the Colony on a
voyage to or including any port or place-
(a) on the Canton River; or
(b)on the West River or any river or estuary in the
province of Kwong Tung or the province of
Kwong Sai; or
(c) in either of the said provinces; or
(d) in Formosa; or
(e)on the east coast of Asia south of Shanghai and
north of Singapore,
unless and until a search thereof, conducted in such
manner as the Commissioner of Police may direct and





approve, shall have been carried out, nor until the master or other
person in charge thereof shall have received a certificate in writing
signed by the Commissioner of Police, or hy some police officer
authorized by the Commissioner of Police in that behalf, from which it
shall appear that such search has been completed.

Such certificate shall contain a concise statement of the result of
the search.

10. Subject to exemption grant-ed under these regulations and to
the provisos herein contained, no ship shall carry any passenger or
attempt to carry any passenger from the harbour of Victoria on any
voyage within the local trade limits as defined in the Merchant
Shipping Ordinance, 1899, or leave or attempt to leave any place of
mooring or place of call in the waters of the Colony and outside the
said harbour, while carrying or for the purpose of carrying any
passenger to any place within the said local trade limits, unless and
until a search of the nature mentioned in the foregoing regulation 9 has
been carried out, nor until the master or other person in charge thereof
shall have obtained a certificate in writing of the kind mentioned in the
said regulation 9: Provided that this regulation shall not apply in the
case of any launch or rnotor bc)at on occasions when it is used solely
for purposes of pleasure: Provided also that this regulation shall not
apply to any ship anchoring solely for purposes of navigation.

11. No ship to which the foreaoing regulation 10
applies shall call at any place en route unless such place of call and the
intended hour of departure therefrom have been notified to and
approved by the Commissioner of Police. Approved hours of departure
shall be adhered to.

12. Except with the permission of the Commissioner of Police, or in
saying life or rescue work at sea, no person shall be allowed to embark
on and nothing shall be bought on board any ship after delivery of
the certificate required by the foregoing regulations 9 and to and
before leaving the waters of the Colony, or arrival at the first place of
call therein (notified and approved as aforesaid), as the case may be.





13. (1) Every police officer in carrying out or taking part in any
search required or authorized by these regulations shall have power to
search any vessel and its stores and equipment, and the master,
officers, staff and crew, and their belongings, the passengers and
their goods and baggage, and the cargo, and every person and thing
on board, and every person who may apparently be about to go on
board and everything which apparently is about to be put on board,
and may do all such acts and things asmay be reasonably necessary in
order to carry out such search effectually.

(2) The police officer in charge of any search party, and any
police officer superior to him, shall have power to detain any vessel
until in his opinion the searching shall have been completed.

(3) It shall be lawful for the police officer in charge of any
searching party, and any officer superior to him, to order that no
passenger or thing shall embark or be brought on board without his
express consent while the search is proceeding; no person shall act
contrary to such order; any such order shall be in force as soon as the
same shall have been communicated to the master or other person in
charge. of the vessel.

(4) No person shall obstruct any such search or detention.

14. The master or other person in charge of a ship shall take
effective measures to cause, and he shall cause, the movements of his
ship to be in accordance with these regulations, and he shall take
effective measures to prevent, and he shall prevent, the coming on
board or embarkation of any person and the bringing on board of
anything contrary to or not in accordance with these regulations.

15. The Commissioner of Police shall have power, in his
discretion, to exempt any vessel from any provision or requirement of
these regulations, either generally, or during any period, or on any
occasion, and to impose conditions of exemption. Every condition
imposed under this regulation shall be. duly performed and observed
by the grantee.





16. These regulations shall not apply to any vessel
being or having the status of a ship of war.

17. Any person who acts in contravention of any of
the regulations 3 to 6, 8 to 12, 13(4) and 14 shall be liable to
a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six
months.

18. These regulations may be cited as the Suppression
of Piracy Regulations.


CHAPTER 219.
(Ordinance No. 3 Of 1868.)
TREASONABLE OFFENCES.
No subsidiary legislation.

CHAPTER 220.

(Ordinance No. 17 Of 1947)

VEHICLE AND ROAD TRAFFIC.

Omitted

(under authority of section 10 of Ordinance No. 20 of 1948).
Regulations - Fraser, vol. 1, p.2. G.N.A. 93/51. (10 of 1899.) G.N.A. 93/51.

Regulations - Fraser, vol. 1, p.2. G.N.A. 93/51. (10 of 1899.) G.N.A. 93/51.

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