Navigation (State Inland Waters) Regulations

cc aoe CAP. 95] Navigation (State Inland Waters) (2) When any rules made under this sec 15 and 16 und any regulations made by shall not apply to the bo tion come into force sections 14, the Comnwssioner under section 17 D ats or classes of boats owned by persons residing within the jurisdiction of the loea] government council making the rules, nor to boats or classes of boats owned by jurisdiction but which boats are neve of the rules, nor to bo Persons not residing within the said rtheless made subject to the provisions als or classes of boats owned, kept or used within the = area to which the rules may declare this Part shall not apply. seas SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION Navigation (State Inland Waters) Regulations e made under section 5 a Regulations 37 of 1917, 13 of 1919, P 23 of 1923, d 2 of 1925, 18 of 1927, 22 i of 1929, 15 FP } of 1930, 21 1 | of 1939, 44 ‘ of 1944, a Citation. 1. These regulations may be cited as the Navigation of Inland Waters § Regulations. I | | Interpreta- 2. In these regulation— ' | tion. i ‘ i ; ner : i State inland waters” means inland waters Within Anambra State except tidal i| waters, the River Niger and its affluent and any other inland water- way declared by Federal legislature to be an international or an inter-state waterway; ea | : Vessels 3.All steam vessels when meeting other steam vessels shal] alter their ¥ mecting. course to starboard so channel, and sh as to keep to the right or starboard side of the all signal by blowing one short blast on their whistles. Navigation (State Inland Waters) [CAP. 95 3149 4.When one steam vessel is overtaking another going in the same Direction, the steam vessel so overtaking shall pass on the starboard side of the steam vessel so overtaken. 5. A steam vessel which is being overtaken at night by another going in the same direction shall show from her stern to such overtaking steamer a white or flareup light, to be placed in a conspicuous position not higher than the deck. 6. When the channel is too narrow to admit of one steam vessel passing another while going in the same direction, the overtaking steam vessel shall slow or stop her engines until a part of the channel is reached which will admit of her passing the other without danger to either vessel. 7.When two steam vessels meet in narrow channels or on approaching points or sharp bends, the vessel proceeding against the stream shall decrease speed and, if necessary, stop and wait to allow the steam vessel proceeding with the stream to pass clear. 8.(1) Steam vessels proceeding with the stream by day or night shall, on approaching turning points or bends, give one blast of the steam whistle at short intervals and will continue to do so until the point or bend has been passed. (2) A steam vessel proceeding against the stream will, on hearing this signal, slow down, and, if necessary, stop and anchor, at the same time indicating what has been done by sounding three short blasts on the whistle if he has slowed down only and four short blasts if he has stopped and anchored. 9. (1)Steam vessels when under way at night shall carry a bright light at the mast head and the usual starboard and port lights. (2) Steam vessels when towing small craft (other than their own boats), whether alongside or astern, shall carry in addition to such lights a bright light below the mast head light, such additional light to be not less than two meters below the mast head Hehts ina vertical direction Vessels, overtaking another. By night overtaken vessel to show light. Vessel , overtaking another tm Nnarrow channel. Vessels meching at. sharp bends, Vessels approaching lurnine points to signal. Lights to be curried by vessel under way. e e S t a a l Y a e a a e o t o — — — — — — — — | | 4| 1 3150 CAP. 951 Navigation (State Inland Waters) Anchor light. Warning Signals when vessel approaching Waters in Which canoes may be expected, Vessels navigated in inland waters not [0 catise Obstruction or damage to other vessel or wharf, ete. Warning signals in thick or foggy weather, Light to be earried by small cratt. Small craft to pass on Starboard side. 10. All steam vessels, when at anchor, shall hoist the usual anchor light. A steam vessel getting aground or from any cause becoming unmanageable and ceasing to make way through the water shall not display side lights. 1}. All steam vessels when approaching any neighborhood outside the limits of a port, where it is customary for canoes to ply or where it is anticipated that such canoes may be found, shali give timely warning of their approach by short blasts on the steam whistle an, if necessary, slow down so as to avoid accident or distress to any canoe that may be passed. 12, Every vessel being navigated in State inland waters shall be so navigated as not to cause obstruction, injury or damage to any other vessel whether underway, at anchor, or lying at a wharf, bridge or alongside another vessel, or to any wharf, bridge or moorings; and shall proceed ata moderate speed whilst passing any other vessel, or any wharf, bridge or moorings, of passing through any bridge. 13. In thick of foggy weather steam vessels shall at intervals of not more than two minutes sound a prolonged blast with the steam whistle, The person in charge of any steam vessel proceeding against the stream will, on hearing the fog signal of any steam vessel approaching trom the opposite direction, proceed dead slow, or stop and any anchor if necessary, and shall indicate the action taken in the manner prescribed in regulation 8. 14.(1) All small craft, excepting lighters and barges, shall at night have ready at hand a tantern showing a white light which shall be temporarily exhibited as a warning to another vessel in sufficient time to prevent a collision, (2) A lighter or barge shall, when under way at night. exhibit the lights, as laid down by the Board of Trade Regulations, and shall, when at anchor, carry a bright white light visible all round the horizon at a distance of not less than L.61kin, 15, All small craft when navigating State inland waters shall, when meeting other vessels, keep on the starboard or right-hand side of the channel in the direction in which they are proceeding. [CAP. Navigation (State Inland Waters) 95 3151 16, Small craft shall not anchor in any channel or fairway in such a way as to obstruct or interfere with steam vessels using such channel or fairway. 17. All small craft shall at all times be sufficiently manned to maintain steerage way and to keep them under proper control. 18. Fishing canoes employed on fishing duties in recognized steam vessel routes or channels must carry out their operations, either by day or night, in such a manner as not to obstruct or interfere with the safe navi gation of such routes or channels, and no fishing or seine nets or fishing stakes shall be placed in or across any fairway or channels on such recognized routes. 19, No ballast, dirt, ashes, bottles, baskets, rubbish, animal or vegetable matter or anything of a like nature shall be thrown overboard from any vessel lying alongside a wharf or jetty at any station situated on the State inland waters. 20.The owner, master or person in charge of any vessel in relation to which any breach of the provisions of these regulations is committed and any person who commits a breach of these regulations shall be liable to a fine of forty Naira, in addition to payment of any expenses incurred in inspection and repair of any damage cause by such breach, Floating of Logs 21.(1) No person shall float logs of timber of casks of oil on any State inland waters except in accordance with the following provisions— (a) in any State inland waters rafts may be made up of one hundred and forty-four logs or three hundred and sixty casks but shall not exceed nine meters in width; (b) a crew of one man for every twenty logs or fraction of twenty or for every fifty casks or fraction of fifty shall be carried on each raft, provided that no raft shall have a crew of less than two men; (c) Every raft shall at night exhibit a red Jight from each end of the raft at a point equidistant from each side of the raft. Small craft noi to anchor in fairway. Small craft to e sulficiently manned. Fishing canoes, No rubbish to be thrown overboard. Penalties. Floating of logs and casks eh d h e a e a e a 3152 CAP. 95] Navigation (State Inland Waters) (2)The owner of any logs or casks, with respect to which any of the provisions of sub-regulation (1) have not been complied with, shall be liable to a fine of one hundred naira, and each of the persons in charge of such logs or cask shall be liable to a fine of four naira, (3)Any raft or single log or cask found adrift and not in the charge of a rafisman in any State inland waters may be seized by any administrative, police, marine or forestry officers and detained by him for the period of one month from the date of such seizure, after which such ratt, log or cask may be forfeited to the Government: Provided that— (2) the owner of such raft, log or cask ay within the said period of one month redcem the same on payment of a penalty of one naira for each log and of fifty kobo for each cask, whether such log or cask forms part of a reft or not, and on payment of any expenses incurred by any such officer in removing such raft, log or cask to a place of safety to avoid dang zr to navigation; and (b) any such payment shall be jn addition to any penalty that may be imposed under the provisions of sub-regulation (2), Licensing of Boats(State Inland Waters) Regulations 2 Regulations of 1935, 4 of ia made under section 17 Citation. 1, (1) These regulations may be cited as the Licensing of Boats (Stue Inland Waters) Regulations, Interpreta- (2) In these regulations— = “boat” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Law; “the Law” means the Navigation (State Inland Waters) Law. (3) These regulations shall not ‘apply to boats while they are on tidal waters, on the River Niger and its afftuent and on any other inland waterway declared by federal levislature to be an international waterway or an inter- Le AWAIT GAT,