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CEYLON. 



EEGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES OF CEYLON. 



Eegulation No. 3 of 1811. 



FOR THE PROTECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S PEARL BANKS OF CEYLON. 



Whereas there is reason to suspect that depredations are commit- 

 ted in the pearl banks of this Island by boats and 

 other vessels frequenting those places in the calm sea- 

 son witliout any necessity or lawful cause for being- in that situation : 



For the inotcction of His Majesty's property and revenue, His Ex- 

 cellency the Governor in Council is pleased hereby to enact and de- 

 clare ; 



That if any boat or other vessel shall hereafter, between the 10th of 

 January and the end of April, or between the 1 st of 

 October and the end of November in any year, be Penalty on vessels 

 found within the limits of the pearlbanks, as described g;™^ within the peaii 

 in the schedule hereunto annexed, anchoring or 

 hovering- and not proceeding to her proper destination as wind and 

 weather may permit, it shall be lawful for any person or persons hold- 

 ing a commission or warrant from His Excellency the Governor for 

 the purposes of this Regulation to enter and seize such boat or other 

 vessel, and carry the same to some convenient port or place in this 

 island for prosecution. And every such boat or other vessel is hereby 

 declared liable to forfeiture by sentence of any court having revenue 

 jurisdiction of sufticient amount, and shall be condemned accordingly; 

 two-thirds thereof to the use of His Majesty and one-third to the per- 

 sons seizing- or prosecuting, unless such boat or other vessel shall have 

 been forced into the situation aforesaid by accident or other necessary 

 cause, the proof whereof to be on the i^arty alleging such defence. 



Colombo, 9th March, 1811. 



By order of the Council. 



James Gay, 

 Secretary to the Oouncil. 



By His Excellency's command. 



John Kodney, 

 Chief Secretary to Government. 



SCnEDULK REFERRED TO. 



Vessels navigating the inner or alongshore passage are not to hover or anchor iu 

 deeper than four fathoms water. 



Vessels navigating the outer passage are not to hoYer or anchor within twelve 

 fathoms water. 



No. 4.— 1842. 



FOR THE protection OF HER MAJESTY'S RIGHTS IN THE DIGGING 



FOR DEAD CHANKS. 



Whereas it is necessary to make provision for the more effectual pro- 

 tection of the deposits of chanks called "deadchanks" .^ 

 in the Crown lands in the Northern Province : ^*^^™ 



1. It is therefore hereby enacted by the Governor of Ceylon, with 

 the advice and consent of the Legislative Council Penaitfordicroinrr 

 thereof, that from and after the passing of this Ordi- for dead chankswiti? 

 nance any person who shall dig for dead chanks in any ""* permit. 

 land belonging to the Crown, without the permission in writing of tho 



