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^o. 18.— 1890, 

 AN OEDINANCE RELATING TO CHANKS. 



A. E. Havelock. 



Whereas it is expedient to amend the Laws relating to Chanks and 

 to prohibit the diving lor and collecting- of Chanks, 

 Beche-de-mer, Coral, or Shells in the seas between Man- 

 nar and Chilaw : Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Ceylon, by 

 and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as 

 follows : 



1. This ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Chanks Or- 

 dinance, 1890," and it shall come into operation at such 



time as the Governor in Executive Council shall, by jiroc- of operation.'^" 

 lamation in tlie Governinent Gazette, appoint. 



2. The Ordinance i^o. 4 of 1812, intituled "An Ordinance for the j)i"o- 

 tection of Her Majesty's rights in the digging for 



Dead Chanks," and'the Ordinance No. 5 of 1842,' inti- ^^ 

 tuled "An Ordinance for the protection of Her Majecty's Chank Fish- 

 ery," are hereby repealed, bat such repeal shall not affect the past 

 operation of either of the said enactments, or anything duly done or 

 suffered, or any obligation, or liability, or penalty accrued or incurred 

 under them or either of them. 



Where any unrepealed Ordinance incorporates or refers to any pro- 

 vision of any Ordinance hereby repealed, such unrepealed Ordinance 

 shall be deemed to incori^orate or refer to the corresponding provisions 

 of this Ordinance. 



3. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re- Denfiitions. 

 quires — 



"Chanks" includes both live and dead chanks. 

 "Person" includes any company or association or body of per- 

 sons whether incorporated or not. 



4. (1) There shall be levied and paid on all chanks entered for expor- 

 tation a royalty at such rates not exceeding one cent ^ , , , 



on each chank, as the Governor, with the advice ot 



the Executive Council, shall, from time to time by notification in the 



Government Gazette, appoint. 



(2) 1^0 chanks shall be exported save and except from any port men- 

 tioned in the schedule A hereto, or from any other port 

 which the Governor in Executive Council may appoint by "^ ^ ** ^^ ^^' 

 notification in the Government Gazette. 



5. (1) The x>erson entering outwards any chanks to be exported from 

 any port shall deliver to the collector a bill of the en- 



try thereof, expressing the name of the ship and of the ' " ^^ '^^' 

 master, and of the place to which the chanks are to be exported, and 

 of the person in whose name the chanks are to be entered, together 

 with the number and value thereof, anything in the Ordinance ISTo. 17 

 of 1809 to the contrary notwithstanding, and shall at the same time 

 pay to the collector any sum which may be due as royalty upon the 

 exportation of such chanks. 



(2) Such i^crson shall also deliver at the same time one or more 

 copies of such entry, and the particulars to be con- ^ „ . , 



, ■ ■, ■ , , 1 1, 1 -,, t 1 • Collector s warrant. 



tamed in such entry shall be written and arranged m 

 such form and manner, and the number of such copies shall be such, 

 as the collector shall require, and such entry being duly signed by the 

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