Section XIII. And it is hereby enacted, that if the party against whom a charge is preferred shall appear, or shal

XIII. And it is hereby enacted, that if the party against whom a charge is preferred shall appear, or shall not satisfy the Court that he has a reasonable excuse for not appearing, the said Court shall proceed to hear and determine the charges preferred by the said Superintendent against any person or persons so employed in the Pilot Service as aforesaid, and if such person or persons shall be found guilty by the said Court of the breach of duty laid to his or their charges it shall be competent to the said Court, and it is hereby required to sentence such person or persons to dismissal from the said Pilot Services, or to such other punishment by loss of rank or pay as to the said Court shall appear fit, whether or not such breach of duty be punishable under a certain Code called the Penal Code for the better order and government of the Members composing the Pilot Service, passed by order of the Right Hon'ble the Vice President in Council, on the 21[st] December 1826.