File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [‎237r] (482/540)

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(b) all words and expressions defined in the Indian Arms Act, 1878,
or the Indian Explosives Act, 1884, and used in this Regulation
shall be deemed to have the meanings respectively assigned to
*) them by thos? Acts.
3. No vessel shall depart or proceed from Aden on a voyage to any place
» , in the Gulf of Aden without obtaining a
Vessels not to leave Aden without port-clearance. . , „ o
port-clearance from such officer as the
Resident may appoint in this behalf.
4\ Subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council, the
Power to require production of port-clearance Besident may from time to time prepare
for vessels arriving at Aden from selected ports. an< l publish a Hsf 0 f selected ports in the
Gulf of Aden and declare that the master of any vessel arriving in Aden
from any such selected port must produce a port-clearance, granted by the
proper authority at such port, authorising the vessel to depart or proceed from
such port direct to Aden.
5. Subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council, the
■ Power to declare any of such ports to be Resident may from time to time, by
« prescribed ports.” published order, declare that any port
included in a list published under section 4 shall be deemed to be a “prescribed
portf for the purposes, of this Regulation, in respect of any specified portion
of the coast-line of the Gulf of Aden.
6. When any port has been declared under section 5 to be a “prescribed
Power to prohibit grant of port clearance at Aden port in rtSpCCt of any portion of the
for voyages to other than prescribed pores. coast-Unc of the Gulfof Aden, the Resident
may, subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council, prohibit the
grant ,of port-clearance at Aden for voyages to any port on such portion of the
coast-line other than a “prescribed port. u
7. A port-clearance for a vessel shall not be granted at Aden under section
Bond to he executed before port-clearance is 3 UllleSS and Until the master, owner OT
granted at Aden. agent of the vessel and two sureties
resident in Aden have executed in favour of the Secretary of State for India in
Council a joint and several bond for the sum of two thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or such
smaller sum as, subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council,
the Resident may, by general or special order, appoint in this behalf, conditioned
as follows
(a) in the case of a vessel departing or proceeding from Aden on a
voyage to any place in the Gulf of Aden—
[i) that the vessel shall not, during the period of the bond, be employed
in carrying any arms, ammunition, military stores or explo
sives between any places on the coast-line of the Gulf of Aden
without, or in contravention of the terms of a license granted
by such officer as the Besident may appoint in this behalf;
... and
(ii) that the vessel, after leaving Aden, shall proceed direct to the
place declared in the port-clearance to be her destination;
and
(&) in the case of the vessel departing or proceeding from Aden on a
voyage to any port included in a list published under section 4 —
that the vessel shall not leave the latter port without obtaining a
port-clearance from the proper authority:
Provided that, in lieu of the surety bond hereinbefore required, the master,
owner or agent of any such vessel may, with the permission of the Resident,
execute a bond without sureties, similarly conditioned, and furnish other
sufficient security for the performance of the conditions of the bond.
8 If any vessel departs or proceeds from Aden on a voyage to any place
, , • „ wWhnnt -nort- in the Gulf of Aden without obtaining a
clearance. port-clearance as required by section 3,
the master and the owner shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punish
able with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to six months, or with both.
XI of 1S78.
IV of 1884.
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of 1902, s. 3
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