Explosives, gunpowder, amendment (1861) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA,

ANNO VICESIMO QUINT°

VICTORIA, BEGINS

NO. X.

AN ORDINANCE to amend an Ordinance intituled " An Ordinance to regulate the Keeping and Carriage of Gun- powder."

HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Ordinance intituled An Preamble.

Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of WesternW Ordinance to regulate the Keeping and Carriage of Gunpowder; 14 Viet., No. 9.

Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council thereof:

Trade of the said Colony, nor any Stera-vessel or Steam-boat engaged Gunpowder. I. THAT no Steam-vessel engaged hi the ccieiting or Colonial No Steam-vessel to carry

on the River Trade thereof shall carry Gunpowder, either as Stores or Cargo ; and the Master or Owner of any Steam-vessel or Steam-boat on board which any Gunpowder may be found contrary to the Provisions of this Ordinance, shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence, any

Suin not exceeding Fifty Pounds nor less than Five Pounds : Provided

2 25th Viet., No. 10. 1861.

that Nothing herein contained shall prevent or be construed to prevent any Steam-vessel bound to any Port or Ports beyond Seas, to carry.any such reasonable Quantity of Gunpowder as may be required for the Purpose of making Signals.

coasting Vessels regulated. there shall be on board thereof as Cargo any Gunpowder ; unless such Caniage of Gunpowder in II. THAT no coasting Vessel shall clear out or proceed to Sea, if

Gunpowder shall be packed in small Casks, Cases, or Boxes, tightly covered over with Canvas and placed in an outer Cask, Box, or Case ; and the Master or Owner of any such Vessel who shall allow the same to clear out or proceed to Sea contrary to this Provision, shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

Penalties recovered under

14 Viet., No, 9. III. THAT the Penalties hereby imposed shall be recovered in the same Manner as any Penalties may be recovered under the Provisions of the said recited Ordinance.

A. E. KENNEDY,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

Passed the Legislative Council,

this 2nd Day of December, 1861.

HENRY WAICEFORD,

Clerk of the Council.

Printed by Authority at the Government Press.