STEAM LAUNCH (PROTECTION AGAINST PIRACY) ORDINANCE, 1900
Title
STEAM LAUNCH (PROTECTION AGAINST PIRACY) ORDINANCE, 1900
Description
ORDINANCE NO. 7 OF 1900.
Steam Launch (Protection against Piracy)
AN ORDINANCE to provide more effecutal means to ensure
the observance, by those in charge of certain steam
launches, of reasonable precautions against piracy and
robbery.[20th october, 1900]
WHEREAS it is manifest that the commission of acts of piracy and
robbery upon certain steam launches has, in certain cases, been
facilitiated by the apathy and carelessness of those in charge of such
launches and by their omission to take resonable precautions against such
acts; and whereas there is reason to suspect that, in some instances,
members of the crew of such launches have been in collusion with the
robbers or have connived at their unlawful acts; and whereas it is expedient
to provide a remedy for this evil:
BE it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with teh advice and consent of the
legislative council thereof, as follows:
1 this ordinance may be cited as the steam launch (protection
against priacy) ordinary, 1900.
2 in this ordinance 'steam launch' means a steamship of less than
60 tons burden licensed to ply for hire within the waters of this
colony or to any place outside such waters.
3 the licensee of every steam launch shall, on being required in writing
to do so by the captain superintendent of police, enter into a bond,
together with one or more sureties resident i nthe colony and to be approved
by such captain superintendent, conditioned in the sum of one thousand dollars for the observance by the owner, master, and crew of
such launch of reasonable precautions against the commission of any
piracy or robbery or or in respect of such launch, its cargo, or its
passengers, if any.
4(1) it shall be the duty of the owner, master, and members of
the crew of every steam launch respectively to observe all such precautions
against piracy and robbery as may from time to time be
prescribed in writing by the captain superintendent of police, with the
approval of the governor.
(2) a copy of such prescribed precautions shall be furnished to each
licensee, and failure to observe any of such precautions shall be deemed
conclusive proof of neglect to take reasonalbe precautions against piracy
or robbery.
5 in the event of any piracy or robbery occurring on or in respect of
any steam launch, its cargo, or its passengers, it shall be lawful for a
magistrate, at the request of the captain superintendent of police, and
notwithstanding that noe of the alleged pirates or robbers have been
arrested and charged before him, to hold an inquiry into the case and to
take the depositions upon oath of all persons likely, in his opinion, to
know the facts or to be able to furnish information in respect thereof.
6 for the purposes of this ordinance and in relation to all inquiries
held thereunder, and for the summoning of witnesses, and for all proceedings in
connexion with any such inquiry, the magistrate shall have
all the powers ossessed by a magistrate in relation to the holding of
preliminary inquiries in cases of indictable offences, and the captain
superintendent of police shall render to him all proper and necessary
assistance.
7 if, on such inquiry or on the evidence taken in the ordinary course
in the case of any person charged before such magistrate and alleged
to have taken part in or to have been concerned in such piracy or robbery,
the magistrate is of opinion that the commission of such piracy or robbery
was facilitated by the neglect of the owner, maste, or any of
the crew of the launch to take resonable precautions against such piracy
or robbery, or that there is reason to believe that such owner, master, or any of
the crew of the launch to take reasonable precautions against such piracy
or robbery, or that there is reason to believe that such owner or master
or any member of the crew was in collusion with any of the pirates or
robbers or connived at their unlawful acts, the magistrate may order the
security given to be estreated, and thereupon the sum secrued shall be
forthwith forfeited to the crown.
8 where the magistrate makes such order as is mentioned in the last
preceding section, he shall reeport the fact, together with the circum- stances of the case, to the colonial secretary for the information of the
governor.
9 if, on consideration of such report, the governor deems it expedient
that the licence granted to the owner of the launch in question should
be cancelled or suspended, he may order such licence to be cancelled
forthwith or to be suspended during such portion of its unexpired current
period as he may deem fit, and thereupon such licence shall be
deemed to be cancelled or suspended accordingly.
10 nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to prevent or prejudice
the presecution of any person whatever for piracy or robbery or for being
accessory thereto before or after the fact.
A.D. 1900.
Ordinance No. 25 of 1900.
Short title.
Interpretation of term.
Licensee of launch may be required to enter into bond. Duty of owner, etc., of launch to observe precautions prescribed. Inquiry by Magistrate into case of piracy or robbery on launch. Powers of Magistrate on inquiry. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Power to Magistrate to estreat security. Report by Magistrate to Colonial Secretary.
Cancellation or suspension of licence for launch.
Saving of liability to prosecution for piracy or robbery.
Steam Launch (Protection against Piracy)
AN ORDINANCE to provide more effecutal means to ensure
the observance, by those in charge of certain steam
launches, of reasonable precautions against piracy and
robbery.[20th october, 1900]
WHEREAS it is manifest that the commission of acts of piracy and
robbery upon certain steam launches has, in certain cases, been
facilitiated by the apathy and carelessness of those in charge of such
launches and by their omission to take resonable precautions against such
acts; and whereas there is reason to suspect that, in some instances,
members of the crew of such launches have been in collusion with the
robbers or have connived at their unlawful acts; and whereas it is expedient
to provide a remedy for this evil:
BE it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with teh advice and consent of the
legislative council thereof, as follows:
1 this ordinance may be cited as the steam launch (protection
against priacy) ordinary, 1900.
2 in this ordinance 'steam launch' means a steamship of less than
60 tons burden licensed to ply for hire within the waters of this
colony or to any place outside such waters.
3 the licensee of every steam launch shall, on being required in writing
to do so by the captain superintendent of police, enter into a bond,
together with one or more sureties resident i nthe colony and to be approved
by such captain superintendent, conditioned in the sum of one thousand dollars for the observance by the owner, master, and crew of
such launch of reasonable precautions against the commission of any
piracy or robbery or or in respect of such launch, its cargo, or its
passengers, if any.
4(1) it shall be the duty of the owner, master, and members of
the crew of every steam launch respectively to observe all such precautions
against piracy and robbery as may from time to time be
prescribed in writing by the captain superintendent of police, with the
approval of the governor.
(2) a copy of such prescribed precautions shall be furnished to each
licensee, and failure to observe any of such precautions shall be deemed
conclusive proof of neglect to take reasonalbe precautions against piracy
or robbery.
5 in the event of any piracy or robbery occurring on or in respect of
any steam launch, its cargo, or its passengers, it shall be lawful for a
magistrate, at the request of the captain superintendent of police, and
notwithstanding that noe of the alleged pirates or robbers have been
arrested and charged before him, to hold an inquiry into the case and to
take the depositions upon oath of all persons likely, in his opinion, to
know the facts or to be able to furnish information in respect thereof.
6 for the purposes of this ordinance and in relation to all inquiries
held thereunder, and for the summoning of witnesses, and for all proceedings in
connexion with any such inquiry, the magistrate shall have
all the powers ossessed by a magistrate in relation to the holding of
preliminary inquiries in cases of indictable offences, and the captain
superintendent of police shall render to him all proper and necessary
assistance.
7 if, on such inquiry or on the evidence taken in the ordinary course
in the case of any person charged before such magistrate and alleged
to have taken part in or to have been concerned in such piracy or robbery,
the magistrate is of opinion that the commission of such piracy or robbery
was facilitated by the neglect of the owner, maste, or any of
the crew of the launch to take resonable precautions against such piracy
or robbery, or that there is reason to believe that such owner, master, or any of
the crew of the launch to take reasonable precautions against such piracy
or robbery, or that there is reason to believe that such owner or master
or any member of the crew was in collusion with any of the pirates or
robbers or connived at their unlawful acts, the magistrate may order the
security given to be estreated, and thereupon the sum secrued shall be
forthwith forfeited to the crown.
8 where the magistrate makes such order as is mentioned in the last
preceding section, he shall reeport the fact, together with the circum- stances of the case, to the colonial secretary for the information of the
governor.
9 if, on consideration of such report, the governor deems it expedient
that the licence granted to the owner of the launch in question should
be cancelled or suspended, he may order such licence to be cancelled
forthwith or to be suspended during such portion of its unexpired current
period as he may deem fit, and thereupon such licence shall be
deemed to be cancelled or suspended accordingly.
10 nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to prevent or prejudice
the presecution of any person whatever for piracy or robbery or for being
accessory thereto before or after the fact.
A.D. 1900.
Ordinance No. 25 of 1900.
Short title.
Interpretation of term.
Licensee of launch may be required to enter into bond. Duty of owner, etc., of launch to observe precautions prescribed. Inquiry by Magistrate into case of piracy or robbery on launch. Powers of Magistrate on inquiry. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Power to Magistrate to estreat security. Report by Magistrate to Colonial Secretary.
Cancellation or suspension of licence for launch.
Saving of liability to prosecution for piracy or robbery.
Abstract
A.D. 1900.
Ordinance No. 25 of 1900.
Short title.
Interpretation of term.
Licensee of launch may be required to enter into bond. Duty of owner, etc., of launch to observe precautions prescribed. Inquiry by Magistrate into case of piracy or robbery on launch. Powers of Magistrate on inquiry. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Power to Magistrate to estreat security. Report by Magistrate to Colonial Secretary.
Cancellation or suspension of licence for launch.
Saving of liability to prosecution for piracy or robbery.
Ordinance No. 25 of 1900.
Short title.
Interpretation of term.
Licensee of launch may be required to enter into bond. Duty of owner, etc., of launch to observe precautions prescribed. Inquiry by Magistrate into case of piracy or robbery on launch. Powers of Magistrate on inquiry. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Power to Magistrate to estreat security. Report by Magistrate to Colonial Secretary.
Cancellation or suspension of licence for launch.
Saving of liability to prosecution for piracy or robbery.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/732
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Subsequent Cap No.
200
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 7 of 1900
Number of Pages
3
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“STEAM LAUNCH (PROTECTION AGAINST PIRACY) ORDINANCE, 1900,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed November 17, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/732.
