MARINE STORES REGULATIONS

MARINE STORES REGULATIONS

MARINE STORES REGULATIONS
(Cap. 143, sections 3 and 4)
[25 July 1919.]

CITATION

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

DEALERS IN MARINE STORES

2. The fee for each licence to carry on the business of a dealer
in marine stores shall be S500 per annion payable by equal quarterly
payments, each quarterly payment to be made in advance: and every
licensee shall furnish a bond. with 2 sureties. in the sum of S1.000
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 that a licensee may pay the whole amount of the fee in
advance. in which case he shall not be called upon to furnish such
bond.

3. Every dealer in marine stores shall have his name with the
words 'DEALER IN MARINE STORES' painted distinctly in
letters not less than 80 millimetres high on a board hung up
conspicuously in front of each of his licensed premises.

4. Any such premises may only be open from 1 October to
31 March from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 1 April to 30 September
from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.

5. Every such licensee shall keep books in Form 1 in the
Schedule or in such other form as the Governor may direct, and
shall enter therein the name of every person from whom he pur-
chases any article with details of his identity document. the house
number, name of street and district in which such person dwells,
together with an intelligible description of the article and of the time
at which it was sold with the price paid therefor. and he shall also
attach the number of purchase to each article which is $3 or more in
value.

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





7. [Revoked, 8 of 1977. s. 2]

GENERAL

8. No dealer in marine stores and no marine stores collector
shall purchase marine stores from a person who is apparently under
the age of 17 years.

9. No dealer in marine stores and no marine stores collector
shall purchase marine stores from any person unless he first inspects
the identity document of the vendor.

10. Any person who contravenes regulation 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 9
shall be guilty of an ofTence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
of 51.000 or to imprisonment for 3 months.

11. In these regulations-

'identity document' means-

(a)an identity card issued in accordance with the provisions of
the Registration of Persons Ordinance;

(b)a passport issued by a competent authority within or
outside the Colony.

(c)any document which establishes the identity of the holder
and is accepted by the Director of Immigration in lieu of a
passport, and

(d)in the case of a member of the police force. the warrant
card issued to him under section 18 of the Police Force
Ordinance.

SCHEDULE [reg. 5.]

FORM 1

G.N. 338/19. G.N. 9/47. G.N.A. 79/51. L.N. 7/70. 8 of 1977. L.N. 375/84. G.N. 9/47. L.N. 375/84. Schedule. L.N. 7/70. L.N. 7/70. 8 of 1977, s. 2. (Cap. 177.) (Cap. 232.) L.N. 7/70.

G.N. 338/19. G.N. 9/47. G.N.A. 79/51. L.N. 7/70. 8 of 1977. L.N. 375/84. G.N. 9/47. L.N. 375/84. Schedule. L.N. 7/70. L.N. 7/70. 8 of 1977, s. 2. (Cap. 177.) (Cap. 232.) L.N. 7/70.

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