5. The edition shall be printed in one or more volumes, Contents of which may also contain : (a) The Imperial Statutes 34 Vict. c. 8, and 50 & 51 in force in or relating to the Gold Coast Colony, (c) The Orders of the Queen in Council in force in the or such later date as the Governor shall have (d) Such Orders of the Governor in Council and Rules new edition. Governor. 6. The Commissioner shall, before the whole edition is Approval of printed off, submit a finally revised and corrected copy to the Governor for approval.* 7. The Governor may, by Proclamation, approve of the Proclamation edition prepared under this Ordinance, and order that it of Governor. shall come into force from such date as he thinks fit. From the date named in such Proclamation the new edition shall be deemed to be and shall be without any question whatsoever in all Courts of Justice the sole and only proper Statute Book of the Gold Coast Colony up to the date of the latest of the Ordinances contained therein. *Repealed when going to press by No. 13 of 1898. Short title. Interpretation. Wreck, removal of. BEACHES OBSTRUCTION. Ordinance No. 5 of 1897. AN ORDINANCE for the Prevention and Removal of Obstructions in the use of Ports, Rivers and Beaches. [29th January, 1897. WHEREAS it is expedient to make better provision by law for the removal and prevention of certain obstructions on and near the sea beaches and river banks of the Colony; Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Beaches Obstructions Ordinance, 1897." 2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say The expression "beach" means and includes the land within fifty yards above high-water mark. The expression "vessel" means and includes any ship, boat or canoe, or any other description of vessel used in navigation, whether propelled by sails, steam, electricity, oars, paddles or poles. 3. Where any vessel is sunk, stranded or abandoned in any fairway, or on the beach or foreshore, or on or near any rock, shoal or bank, or in any part of the sea adjacent to the coast of the Colony, or in any river of the Colony, any officer of Customs or District Commissioner appointed by the Governor in that behalf may, if in his opinion the vessel is or is likely to be an obstruction to navigation or to the landing on or use of the beach or foreshore or bank of a river or any approach thereto (a) Take possession of, raise, remove or destroy the whole or any part of the vessel; and (6) Light or buoy any such vessel or any part thereof (c) Sell in such manner as he thinks fit any vessel or creation of. 4. The Governor in Council may, by order, reserve any Landing portion of the foreshore, or, if it is waste or uncultivated places, or Government land or an open space, of the beach or of the bank of a river as or for a landing place or for other purposes, and may in such order declare how such reserved portion shall be used, and may require that licences shall be taken out for the use of such landing places, and may declare and appoint fees for such licences, and may from time to time rescind or vary such order. It shall not be lawful for any person to make use of any such reserved portions, whether for landing or hauling up or leaving thereon any boat or canoe, or placing or keeping thereon any animals or articles without or contrary to the terms of the licence, if any, required by an Order in Council made under this section. Any boats, canoes, animals or articles hauled up, left, Removal of placed or kept on any such reserved portion of such beach, boats, &c. foreshore or bank contrary to the provisions of this section may be removed by the District Commissioner or any person authorized by him at the expense of the owner or person in charge of them if, after notice in writing given to the owner or person in charge or posted up at or near the place where such boats, canoes, animals or articles may be, the same be not removed. Every person offending against any of the provisions of Penalty. this section or of any Order in Council made thereunder shall be liable on conviction before a District Commissioner to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. sand, &c. 5. No person without the permission of the District Removal of Commissioner shall remove or carry away any rock, stones, from, and shingle, gravel, sand or soil or any artificial protection protection of beaches, &c. Penalty. Cutting channel between sea and lagoon. Obstructions may be removed. [1897 from any part of the foreshore, beach, or the bank of any river. Every person offending against any of the provisions of this section shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for every such offence, and to pay the expenses of repairing the injury, if any, done to such beach, foreshore or bank. 6. No person, without the permission in writing of the Governor, shall make, or cause to be made, a channel between a lagoon and the sea or a river, and every person committing a breach of this section shall be liable on conviction before a District Commissioner to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, and to pay the expenses of closing such channel. 7. If any person shall, without lawful excuse, cause, to navigation whether by act or omission, any obstruction or impediment to the navigation of any port, river or lagoon, or to the lawful use of any pier, jetty, landing place (whether reserved or not under section 4 hereof), wharf, quay, dock, mooring or other work in any such port, river or lagoon, the District Commissioner may cause any such obstruction or impediment to be removed, and any person causing any such obstruction or impediment shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and also to pay the expenses of Evidence. Assessment of expenses. such removal. 8. In any legal proceeding under this Ordinance the burden of proving any licence under section 4 hereof, any permission under sections 5 and 6 hereof, and the terms of such licence and permission and any lawful excuse under section 7 hereof shall be upon the defendant. 9. Any expenses for which a person shall be liable under and recovery this Ordinance may be assessed by the District Commissioner, if he deems it convenient and practicable, at the same time that such person is convicted. In any other case the person liable may be proceeded against, and the expenses may be assessed, before a District Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 1876, as to summary trials. Any expenses assessed under this section may be recovered and enforced as a penalty. PEACE PRESERVATION. Ordinance No. 6 of 1897. AN ORDINANCE to amend the Law relating to the Carrying WHEREAS the peace of the Colony has on various occa- Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Peace Pre- Short title. servation Ordinance, 1897." tion. 2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise Interpretarequires,― The expression "ammunition " means and includes ammunition, as defined by Ordinance No. 3 of 1892, and also bullets, gunpowder, rockets, lithofracteur, nitroglycerine, dynamite, roborite, gun-cotton, and every other explosive substance whether fitted for use with any arms or otherwise. The expression "arms" means and includes firearms, as defined by Ordinance No. 3 of 1892, and also revolvers, pistols, swords, cutlasses, spears, daggers, pikes and bayonets or any part thereof. The expression "proclaimed district" means and includes any specified part of the Colony as to which any proclamation under section 3 hereof has been made so long as such proclamation is in force. 3. Whenever it shall appear to be necessary for the pre- Proclamation servation of the public peace in any part of the Colony, ammunition. as to arms and |