Section 6. All offences against this Act shall be triable offetlccs

CHAPTER VIII. 66. All offences against this Act shall be triable offetlccs LOW by a Magistrate. And any Magistrate may, by f $ + ~ ~ ; i ~ ~ o w wai~ant under his hand, cause the amount of any re cove re^. such penalty imposed upon the owner or >Taster of any vessel, for any offence committed on board of such vessel, or in the management thereof, or otherwise in relation thereto, whereof such owner or Mastey is convicted, to be levied by distress and sale of such vessel, and the tackle, apparel and furniture thereof, or so much thereof as is necessary. 69. In case of m y conviction under this Act, the costs of convicting Magistrate may order the offender to pay conrictionthe costs of such convietion, in addition to any fine or expenses to which lie may be liable. Such costs may be assessed by the Magistrate, and may be levied and recovered in the same manner as any fine under this Act. CHAPTER 11. `6.` With the previous sanction of the Governor power to , General in Council, the Local G~ve~nment time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, may from ~xtendtbifl Act. I I (a) extend this Act to any port or to any part of any navigable river or channel leading thereto in which this Act is not in force, 1 I i 1 (b) extend specially the provisions of any of the Power to 1 , following sections (namely), thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty and forty-one, to any port or to any part of any $ $ ~ P ~ ~ ~ `38,` 39, 40 I such river or channel to which such provisions have and $1. i not been so extended, 1 (c) withdraw this Act from any port or any part Power to thereof in which it is for the time being in force : withdram' this this A G ~ . withdram' this this A G ~ . Provided that every notification under clause (a) or clause (6) of this section may define the limits of the port, river or channel to which it refers, and that such limits may extend to high-water-mark. Such limits may include any piers, jetties, landingplaces, wharfs, quays, docks, and other works made on behalf of the public for convenience of traffic, for safety of vessels, or for the improvement, maintenance and good government of such port, river or channel, whether within or without high-water-mark, and (subject to any rights of private property therein) any portion of the shore or bank within fifty yards of such line. EXPLANATION :-In this section ' high-water-mark' means the highest point reached by ordinary springtides at any season of the year. 6. The Local Governmbnt may from time to time, Limits how with the like sanction, and subject to the lights re- `t"` be ferred to in section five, alter the limits of any port in which this Act may be in force, and declare or describe, by notification in the official Gazette or by means of maps, posts or otheivise, the precise extent of such limits. `7.` The Local Government may, from time to time, Local GOVniake such rules, consistent wit11 this Act, as it may ;;;:;:: Local GOV;;;:;:: ;:think [ ACT XI1 think necessary for any of the following purposes, make Portrules as to- rules as tonamely,ente~ing or (a) for regulating the time at which, and tho leaving port: manner in which, vessels shall enter into or go out of any port subject to this Act : (b) for regulating the berths, stations and anchorages to be occupied by vessels in any such port : (c) for striking the yards and top-masts, and for rigging-in the booms and yards, of vessels in any such port; and for swinging or taking-in davits, boats and other things projecting from such vessels : berths of vessels : striking YB*L~S. kc.: removal OF (d) for the removal or piloper hanging or placing anchors, &c. : of anchors, spars, and other things, in or attached to vessels in any such port : (e) for regulating vessels whilst taking in or discharging ballast or cargo, or any particular kind of cargo, in any such port, and the stations to be occupied by vessels whilst so engaged : taking in or dimbarging ballast : (f) for keeping free passages of such width as may be deemed necessary within any such poyt, and along or near to the piers, jetties, landing-places, wharfs, quays, docks, moorings, and other works in or adjoining to the same ; and for marking out the spaces so to be kept free: ~reeping free passage : `(9)` for regulating the anchoring, fastening, regulating the anchO" ing : moving aud wari)ing: mooring, and unmooring of vessels in any such port : (h) for regulating the moving and warping of all vessels within any such port and the use of warps therein : `(i)` for regulating the use of the mooring buoys, chain and other moorings, in any such port : USL of moor'"g ( j ) for fixing from time to time the rates to be paid for the use of such moorings when belonging to Government, or of any boat, hawser, or other thing belonging to Government : rates for use of mooring buoys : of mooring paid for the use of such moorings when belonging to (k) for licensing and regulating cargo and other boats, and catamarans plying for hire in any such port : cargo-boats, &c. : (2) for regulating the use of fi~es and lights within any such port : fires and lights : (112) for i 4 i t I `1875.` ] `Azdian` Ports. (m) for enforcing and regulating the use of signal-lights: signal-lights by vessels at night in any such port : `(n)` foi regulating the number of the crew which nunlber of must be on bomd any vessel afloat within the limits of any such port : `(0)` for fixing the limits within which vessels[possession of ] shall be prohibited from having on board in any such gUn~ow"er~ port any quantit.y of gunpowder in excess of such quantity as the Local Government prescribes in this behalf. _bD__._ CHAYTEK, 111. OFFICERS, THEIR POWERS AND OF PORT AND DUTIES.