(Cap 104, sections 45 & 46(2)) [4 June 1965] (L.N. 78 of 1965) ___________________________________________________________________ Note: These by-laws are deemed to have been made under section 45 of the Ferry Services Ordinance, Chapter 104-see section 46(2) of that Ordinance. Cap 104D bylaw 1 Citation These by-laws may be cited as the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company By-laws. Cap 104D bylaw 2 Interpretation In these by-laws- "Ferry vessel" (渡轮) means a ferry vessel belonging to the Company. Cap 104D bylaw 3 Conduct of the public and provisions in respect of tickets, etc. (1) No person shall- (a) trespass on any part of the Company's piers or other place exclusively reserved for the Company's ferries or on any part of the Company's premises; (b) alight, or attempt to alight from, or enter, or attempt to enter, any ferry vessel while in motion or alight, or attempt to alight from, or enter, or attempt to enter, any ferry vessel except by the proper entrances or exits, and no person shall open or remove, or attempt to open or remove, or climb over, or attempt to climb over, any barrier or gate erected on any of the Company's piers; (c) travel, or attempt to travel, or bring any vehicle, on board the deck of any ferry vessel after being warned by any servant of the Company that such deck contains its full complement of passengers or vehicles; (d) travel on a special ferry vessel, unless the same is advertised as being for the public use, except by permission of the person who hired or engaged such ferry vessel; (e) embark on or disembark from any ferry vessel from or to any sampans, boats or other craft if any other means of embarkation or disembarkation is provided; (f) embark on or travel by any ferry vessel without having first paid the proper fare; (g) spit in or from or against any ferry vessel or any of the Company's piers or premises; or (h) wilfully obstruct any person acting under the authority of the Company in the lawful discharge of his duties. (2) All tickets issued in exchange for payment of the fare (with the exception of monthly or season tickets) shall be handed unmutilated to the ticket collector on the pier for checking and must be surrendered to the ticket collector on board the ferry vessel or at the place of destination. In a class or classes for which no tickets are issued in exchange for payment of the fare, each passenger must, before embarking, pass through the appropriate turnstile situate on the Company's piers. Cap 104D bylaw 4 Conduct of passengers No passenger shall- (a) stand upon any seat, or place his feet on any seat, on a ferry vessel or on any of the Company's piers; (b) smoke in any part of a ferry vessel marked "No Smoking"; (c) smoke or carry a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette in or upon any part of any ferry vessel in such a manner as to cause a nuisance or inconvenience to other passengers; (d) travel in a class superior to that for which his ticket is issued; (e) except in cases of emergency- (i) pass from one deck to another unless he is the driver or passenger of a vehicle that is being carried on a ferry vessel in which he is travelling; or (ii) open any grill or door on any ferry vessel in order to pass from one deck to another; (L.N. 171 of 1967) (f) enter or attempt to enter the engine room, wheel-house or bridge of any ferry vessel or any part of any ferry vessel which is marked "No Admittance"; (g) swear or use obscene or offensive language while in or upon any ferry vessel or any of the Company's piers or premises, or commit any nuisance in on from or against any ferry vessel or any of the Company's piers or premises; (h) stand upon or obstruct the approaches to the gangway or other appliance of any ferry vessel or impede or hamper in any way the movement of such gangway or appliance; (i) gamble or attempt to gamble on any of the Company's piers or on any ferry vessel; (L.N. 171 of 1967) (j) throw or attempt to throw any life buoy or any equipment on or from any of the Company's piers or on or from any ferry vessel except in cases of emergency; (k) throw or attempt to throw any rubbish from any of the Company's piers or from any ferry vessel; (l) beg or attempt to beg on any of the Company's piers or on any ferry vessel; or (m) hawk or attempt to hawk, sell or attempt to sell any article or service, distribute or attempt to distribute any pamphlet on any of the Company's piers or on any ferry vessel unless written authority has been obtained from the Company. Cap 104D bylaw 5 Luggage No person shall take in any ferry vessel as personal luggage anything other than small handbaskets, bag or parcels of a form or description not calculated to annoy or inconvenience other passengers. The personal luggage taken by any one person shall not exceed in the aggregate 28 pounds in weight or 1 cubic foot in measurement. All such personal luggage shall be carried by hand and be under the personal care and control of the person taking the same. The Company shall not be responsible for its safe custody or any damage sustained by it. Such personal luggage shall not occupy any part of the seats. Cap 104D bylaw 6 Monthly and season tickets (1) Every monthly or season ticket shall bear in legible form the name of the holder thereof and a recent photograph of the holder. (2) Every monthly or season ticket holder shall for the purpose of identification sign all monthly or season tickets purchased by him. (3) No passenger shall use, or attempt to use, any season ticket which is not issued in the passenger's own name or upon the face of which the passenger's own name and photograph do not appear, and no monthly ticket holder shall sell or transfer, or attempt to sell or transfer, a monthly ticket of which he is the holder to any other person. (L.N. 171 of 1967) (4) Holders of monthly or season tickets shall not travel on any special ferry vessels which are advertised as being for the public use without paying the same fare and in the same manner as persons other than monthly or season ticket holders. (5) All monthly and season tickets shall be produced for inspection by any of the Company's servants whenever the holder is entering upon any of the Company's piers, and every monthly or season ticket holder whenever travelling on any ferry vessel, or being on any of the Company's piers, shall on demand by any servant of the Company produce his monthly or season ticket for examination or in default shall pay the same fare for the journey as that legally demandable from a passenger who is not a monthly or season ticket holder. (L.N. 171 of 1967) Cap 104D bylaw 7 Forfeiture and cancellation of monthly and season tickets (1) In the event of any monthly or season ticket holder contravening any of these by-laws in connection with such monthly or season ticket, any servant of the Company shall be entitled, on being satisfied that an offence has been committed, to retain such ticket. (2) The Company shall be entitled, on being satisfied that an offence has been committed against these by-laws, to forfeit such monthly or season ticket and shall not be under any liability to make any refund in respect thereof. Cap 104D bylaw 8 Dress No person whose dress or clothing may in the opinion of any servant of the Company soil or injure the seats or fittings of any ferry vessel or of the Company's piers or the dress or clothing of any other passenger, and no person who in the opinion of any servant of the Company may for any other reason be offensive to passengers shall enter upon any of the Company's piers or travel in any ferry vessel, and it shall be lawful for the Company's servants to prevent any such person from so doing. Cap 104D bylaw 9 Dogs or other animals No person shall take a dog or other animal in any ferry vessel or on any of the Company's piers except on a lead and after first having obtained the permission of a servant of the Company on duty. Any dog or animal taken in to or upon any ferry vessel or any of the Company's piers shall be removed by the person in charge of such dog or other animal from the ferry vessel or pier immediately on request by any servant of the Company, and in default of compliance with such request may be removed by or under the direction of the Company's servants. Cap 104D bylaw 10 Intoxication No person who in the opinion of any servant of the Company is in such a state of intoxication as to render him or her unfit to travel on any ferry vessel shall enter upon any pier belonging to the Company or any ferry vessel, and any servant of the Company may refuse to allow any such person access to the Company's piers or ferry vessels. Cap 104D bylaw 11 Damage No person shall wilfully damage injure or deface any of the Company's property. Cap 104D bylaw 12 Restriction on persons who may enter vessels or piers No person except a passenger or an intending passenger, or police or revenue officers in the active pursuance of their duty, shall enter upon any ferry vessel or any of the Company's piers. Nothing contained in this by-law shall be deemed to authorize any police or revenue officer to enter upon any ferry vessel or upon any of the Company's piers except upon duty and for the purpose of performing some act in pursuance of that duty. Cap 104D bylaw 13 Vehicles Every vehicle, before embarkation on any ferry vessel provided for the transport of vehicles, shall pass over the weigh-bridge (if provided) and through the enclosed car park. (L.N. 171 of 1967) Cap 104D bylaw 14 Duties of drivers of vehicles on ferry vessels Every driver of any vehicle which is transported or is intended to be transported by any ferry vessel or is proceeding to or from any ferry vessel shall- (a) drive with due care and attention and with reasonable consideration for other persons using the ferry or approaching to or from the ferry; (b) proceed at slow speed along any ramp and along the deck of a ferry vessel; (c) obey all lawful instructions which may be given to him by any servant of the Company; (d) if the vehicle is a motor vehicle, stop the engine thereof as soon as the vehicle is on board and in position for transport; and (e) pay the proper fare for the carriage of the vehicle, its freight (if any) and passengers. (L.N. 171 of 1967) Cap 104D bylaw 15 Power of Company's servants to demand name and address If any servant of the Company has reason to believe that any person has contravened or is contravening any of these by-laws, he may ask such person for his name and address, and such person shall then forthwith furnish to the servant of the Company his true name and his true address. Cap 104D bylaw 16 Penalties Any person who contravenes any of these by-laws shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2000.
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