STAR FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED, BY-LAWS

STAR FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED, BY-LAWS

'STAR' FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED, BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

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1.........Citation ....................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E2

2...........Interpretation ............... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 2
3...........Conduct of public............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 2

4.............Conduct of persons ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 2

5.........Luggage ........................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 3

6...................................Monthly and season tickets and in case where no ticket is issued ... ... E 4

7...............................Forfeiture and cancellation of monthly or season tickets ... ... ... ... E 4

8. Defaced, altered or mutilated tickets, and replacement of damaged tickets ... E 4

9......Dress ................................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 5

10.............Animals or birds .......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... E 5

11..........Intoxication ................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 5

12........Damage ............................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 5
13........Firearms .......................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 5

14...............Collections or gratuities ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 5
15...............Betting and gambling .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 5

16...................Obedience to lawful instructions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 6

17........................Interference with mechanism or equipment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 6

18.............Name and address .......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 6

19..........Lost property ................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E 6

20............................Sections 38, 39 and 40 of Ferry Services Ordinance ... ... ... ... ... E 6
21. Penalties E 6





'STAR' FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED, BY-LAWS

(Cap. 104, section 45(1)

[13 July 1984.]

1. These by-laws may be cited as the 'Star' Ferry Company,
Limited, By-laws.

2. In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires-

-Company- means the 'Star' Ferry Company, Limited;

'rush hours' means 8.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. from Monday to Saturday; and
5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. from Monday to Friday.

3. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall-

(a)trespass on any part of the Company's piers. premises or
vessels;

(b)alight from or enter any of the Company's vessels in motion
except by the proper entrances or exits, and no person shall sit
or climb on ship rails or bulwarks or climb over or under any
barrier or gate erected on any of the Company's piers;

(c)embark on or disembark from any of the Company's vessels
from or to any sampan, boat or other craft;

(d)embark on or travel by any of the Company's vessels without
having first paid the appropriate fare;

(e)embark on or travel in any of the Company's vessels in use
after being informed by any servant of the Company that such
vessel already contains the full complement of passengers;

(f)travel on any of the Company's vessels in a class higher than
that for which he has paid the fare;

(g)remain on board any of the Company's vessels upon
completion of any journey.

(2) Sub-paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph (1)
shall not apply to a servant of the Company while acting in the course
of his duty.

4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall-

(a)smoke or carry a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette in or upon any
part of the Company's vessels or premises which is clearly
designated as a 'no smoking' area or is otherwise sign-
posted as prohibited for smoking;

(b)except in case of emergency pass from one deck to another or
open any grill or door on any of the Company's vessels for
the purpose of so passing;





(c)enter any part of the Company's vessels or premises which is
marked with an indication that admission is prohibited or
restricted,

(d)play or perform upon any musical instrument, or use in the
hearing of another person any radios and cassette players or
television set or tape-recorder or swear or use obscene or
offensive language or sing any indecent or obscene songs,
while in or upon any of the Company's vessels or any of the
Company's premises, or commit any nuisance in or on any of
the Company's vessels or premises;

(e)obstruct the approaches to the gangways of any of the
Company's vessels or impede or hamper in any way the
movements of such gangways;

wilfully interfere with or obstruct or distract any servant of the
Company from carrying out his duties;

(g)wilfully give any sound or signal which may reasonably be
interpreted by any servant of the Company as an official order
or instruction;

(h)throw or deposit without lawful authority or excuse any litter
into the waters of Hong Kong or in any place from which it is
likely that the litter will be swept by the tide into the waters of
Hong Kong from any of the Company's vessels or any of the
Company's premises;

(i)spit in, on or from any of the Company's piers. premises or
vessels;

(j)stand or place his feet on any seat on any of the Company's
vessels or piers;

(k)drop any lighted cigarettes or rubbish on to any of the
Company's vessels or piers otherwise than in a receptacle
provided for that purpose;

(1)throw any lifebuoy or any equipment of the Company on or
from any of the Company's vessels or piers except in case of
emergency.

(2) Sub-paragraphs (b) and (e) of paragraph (1) shall not apply to a
servant of the Company while acting in the course of his duty.

5. No person shall-

(a)take on to any of the Company's vessels as personal luggage
anything other than small handbaskets, bags or parcels all of
which shall not exceed either 12 kilograms in weight or 0.028
cubic metre in measurement, except that passengers may take
with them on to the Company's vessels a reasonable quantity
of hand baggage at any time except during rush hours. All
such personal luggage and hand baggage shall be carried by
hand and the Company





shall not be responsible for its safe custody or for any
damage sustained by it. Such personal luggage and hand

c

baggage shall not occupy any, part of the seats nor be of a

c

form or description to annoy, or inconvenience. or be a
danger to, other persons;

danger

(b)take on to any of the Company's premises or any, of the
Company's vessels any livestock. salt fish. vegetables or
poultry (whether dead or alive) in open parcels.

(c)take on to any of the Company's premises or any of the
Company's vessels any type of cargo whatsoever other than
personal luggage and hand baggage as described in paragraph
(a);

(d)take on to any of the Company's premises or any of the
Company's vessels any dangerous goods other than provided
for in by-law 13.

6. (1) Every monthly or season ticket shall bear in legible form the
name of the holder thereof.

(2) No person shall use any monthly or season ticket which is riot
issued in his own name or upon the face of which his own name does
not appear and no monthly or season ticket holder shall sell or transfer a
monthly or season ticket of which he is the holder to any other person.

(3) The holder of a monthly or season ticket shall produce it for
inspection by any servant of the Company whenever the holder is
entering upon any of the Company's piers or travelling on any of the
Company's vessels or being on any of the Company's piers.

(4) Where no ticket is issued in exchange for payment of a fare for
embarking on to any of the Company's vessels, each passenger shall
pass through any of the Company's appropriate turnstiles or other
authorized entry points on the Company's piers before embarking on to
any of Company's vessels.

7. (1) In the event of any monthly or season ticket holder
committing a breach of these by-laws in connexion with such monthly
or season ticket any servant of the Company shall be entitled, if he is
satisfied that an offence has been committed, to retain such ticket.

(2) If the Company is satisfied that an offence has been committed
against these by-laws, the Company shall be entitled to forfeit such
monthly or season ticket and shall not be under any liability to make
any refund in respect thereof.

8. (1) In the event of any monthly or season ticket being defaced.
altered or mutilated it shall be deemed as invalid and in the case of any
person using such ticket the Company shall be entitled to charge the
appropriate fare. or difference. or refuse admission on to the Company's
premises and the Company's vessels.





(2) The Company may at its discretion. if it is satisfied that a
monthly or season ticket has been damaged otherwise than by reason
of the fault or negligence of the holder. replace the damaged ticket
without additional charge.

9. No person whose dress or clothing may in the opinion of any
servant of the Company soil or damage the seats or fittings of any of the
Company's vessels or of the Company's piers or the dress or clothing of
any other passenger, and no person who in the opinion of any servant
of the Company may for any other appropriate reason be offensive to
passengers shall enter upon any of the Company's piers or travel in any
of the Company's vessels, and it shall be lawful for any servant of the
Company to prevent any such person from so doing by giving any of
the aforesaid reasons therefor.

10. 1) No person shall take an animal or bird in any of the
Company's vessels or on to any of the Company's premises except after
first having obtained the permission of any servant of the Company on
duty.

(2) Any animal or bird taken in any vessel of the Company or on to
any of the Company's premises shall be suitably restrained or caged and
shall be removed by the person in charge of such animal or bird from the
Company's vessel or the Company's premises immediately on request by
a servant of the Company, and in default of compliance with such
request. may be removed by or under the direction of a servant of the
Company.

11. No person who in the opinion of any servant of the Company is
in such a state of intoxication, or under the influence of drugs or both, as
to render him unfit to travel on the Company's vessels shall enter upon
any pier or vessel belonging to the Company and it shall be lawful for
any servant of the Company to refuse to' allow any such person access
to any of the Company's piers or vessels by giving any of the aforesaid
reasons therefor.

12. No person shall wilfully damage or deface any of the
Company's property.

13. No person other than a member of Her Majesty's forces or a
police or revenue officer on duty shall enter any of the Company's piers
or travel on any of the Company's vessels with firearms.

14. No person shall take any part in unauthorized soliciting of
contributions or collection of money, or distribute any handbills or
advertising matter, upon any of the Company's premises or vessels. or
except as authorized by the Company.

15. No person shall bet or gamble at any time upon any of the
Company's premises or vessels.





16. All passengers shall at all times obey all reasonable and lawful
instructions of a servant of the Company acting in the course of his
duties.

17. No person shall interfere with any, mechanism or equipment on
the Company's premises or -vessels in any way or do anything liable to
cause damage to such mechanism. equipment. premises or vessels. or to
delay the Company 1 s operations. or to cause injury or discomfort to
any, person.

18. If any servant of the Company has reason to believe that any
person has committed or is committing a breach of these by-laws. he
shall be entitled to ask such person for his name and address. and any
such person shall then forthwith furnish to the servant of the Company
his true name and his true address.

19. Property found on any of the Company's vessels or premises
and not immediately claimed by the true owner thereof shall be handed
over to the servant of the Company who shall pass the same to the
Company's officers for safe custody until It is claimed by the true owner
thereof.

20. Notwithstanding any provisions herein contained to the
contrary, the Director of Engineering Development, the Director of
Marine and the Commissioner for Transport and any person so
authorized by any one of them may at all reasonable times have
access to and may enter upon any of the Company's piers. premises
or vessels in accordance with sections 38. 39 and 40 of the Ferry
Services Ordinance.

21. Any person who contravenes any of these by-laws commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.
L.N. 198/84. Citation. Interpretation. Conduct of public. Conduct of persons. Luggage. Monthly and season tickets and in case where no ticket is issued. Forfeiture and cancellation of monthly or season tickets. Defaced, altered or mutilated tickets, and replacement of damaged tickets. Dress. Animals or birds. Intoxication. Damage. Firearms. Collections or gratuities. Betting and gambling. Obedience to lawful instructions. Interference with mechanism or equipment. Name and address. Lost property. Section 38, 39 and 40 of Ferry Services Ordinance. (Cap. 104.) Penalties.

L.N. 198/84. Citation. Interpretation. Conduct of public. Conduct of persons. Luggage. Monthly and season tickets and in case where no ticket is issued. Forfeiture and cancellation of monthly or season tickets. Defaced, altered or mutilated tickets, and replacement of damaged tickets. Dress. Animals or birds. Intoxication. Damage. Firearms. Collections or gratuities. Betting and gambling. Obedience to lawful instructions. Interference with mechanism or equipment. Name and address. Lost property. Section 38, 39 and 40 of Ferry Services Ordinance. (Cap. 104.) Penalties.

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