Pearl Dealers Licensing Act 1899 (WA)

Mean guritratta.

ANNO SEXAGESIMO TERTIO

VICTORDE REGINA:.

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No. XXXIII.

AN ACT for the Licensing of Dealers in

Pearls, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, Ath December, 's'99.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parlia- with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and

1. THIS Act shall come into operation on the first clay of Commencement of

January, in the year 1900. Act.

THE Resident Magistrate at any place where the pearl fishery is carried on may, on application, grant to any person who,	Resident Magis-
trate may grant
Pearl Den.lnr'a
in the opinion of such Magistrate, is a person of good character	License.
and reputation, a license to deal in pearls, hereinafter called a	See Queensland Act,
"Pearl Dealer's License," in the form contained in the First Schedule	55 Vict., 29, s. 14.
hereto.	First Schedule.
A fee of Ten pounds shall be paid for a pearl dealer's license, which shall remain in force until the thirty-first clay of	Fee for and dura-
tion of license.
December next after the date of its issue, and may be annually

2.

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renewed, on payment of the like fee, without am- further application. but may be cancelled by a Resident Magistrate on the licensee being convicted of any offence against this Act. or of any felon y or misdemeanour which, in the opinion of such Magistrate, renders such •

licensee unfit to hold a license.

3. NO person other than a holder of a pearl dealer's license

pearls without a	Penalty for buying shall buy pearls at any place where the pearl fishery is carried on,
l iense. except of a person holding such a license; and every person acting
See ibid. in contravention of this section shall he guilty of au offence against this Act, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding One hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for not more than three months.
Statement of 4. (1.) IT shall he the duty of the cleric of the Resident Magis-
licenses issued to be trate to transmit a statement of the name and residence of every
transmitted to the
-Inspector of person to whom a pearl dealer's license is granted or who obtains Fisheries, who shall a renewal thereof, mid The date of the issue or renewal thereof, to record them. the Inspector of Fisheries, who shall record the particulars so transmitted in a book to be called the Register of Pearl Dealers.

(2.) The register shall be open for inspection by the public at

all times during ordinary office hours.

(3.) Every name of a licensee shall be struck off the register

unless within six weeks after the thirty-first clay of December in any year the Inspector of Fisheries receives notice that a fresh license has been issued to such licensee.

EVERY licensee under this Act shall keep at his place of shall, immediately after purchasing or selling any one or more pearls, make an entry in such book in the form and containing

Licensee to keep 5.

Pearl Purchase	business a book. hereinafter called a "Pearl Purchase Book," and
Book.
Second Schedule.	the particulars indicated in the Second Schedule hereto, and, on failing to comply with this section. shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

EVERY sergeant of police, and every member of the police Resident Magistrate or the hands of any two Justices of the Peace, may, at any time on a business day, enter the place of business of a person holding a pearl dealer's license, or other the place where his Pearl Purchase Book is, and may inspect and make extracts from such book ; and every person resisting or impeding such inspection or extracting shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Inspection, etc., of 6.

Pearl Purchase	force authorised in that behalf in writing under the hand of a
Book.

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SAVE where a penalty is specially provided. every person guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable to a fine of not	Penalties for
offences.
more than 'twenty pounds. and every offence against this Act may	Jurisdiet ion.
be dealt with by a Court of summary jurisdiction.

7.

THE Governor shall as soon as practicable after the passing of this Act declare, by notice in the Government Gazette, any seaport	Governor to declare
place of pearl
within the Colony to be a place where the pearl fishery is carried on.	fishery.
and no license shall be granted except at some such place. A license under this Act shall authorise the holder to buy pearls only in the place where the license is granted.

8.

9.    (I.) THE Governor may make, alter: and repeal Regulations

for carrying out the objects of this Act, and after the publication of l'gula

any such Regulations in the Government Gazette they shall have the

force and effect of law.

(2.) Any person who shall infringe any regulation made as

aforesaid shall be liable, on conviction, t0 a penalt y ]lot exceeding n of

Ten pounds, and any such penalty may be recovered summarily before Regitiiitions. any Justice of the Peace.

10. THIS Act may be cited as the Pearl Dealers Licensin g Short title.

Act, 1899.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

GERARD SMITH, Governor.

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Section 2.	The First Schedule.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Pearl Dealer's License. Fee, £10.

A.B., of , who carries on business at [and

at ], is hereby licensed to deal in Pearls during the year

ending the 31st day of December, 19 .

Issued at this day of 19 .

C.D.,

Resident Magistrate at

The Second Schedule,

Section 5.

Pearl Purchase Book.

Articles

Date and Place of Piss sold, or Seller's Name and Buyer's Name and Seller's Buyer's

Purchase or Sale. I Address. Address. Signature. Signature.

sold,

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By Authority : RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth.