2. All
vessels belonging to the Royal Yacht Squadron, not having cargoes on board, shall
be permitted to enter the several ports of The Bahamas, and again to depart
therefrom, free and exempt from all tonnage duties, light money or other
harbour or port dues whatsoever, save and except such pilotage fees as shall be
actually earned by any pilot for services rendered to any such vessel, and
without being required to enter or clear out at any custom house within the
same: | The Royal Yacht Squadron
exempted from tonnage fees. |
Provided that to
entitle a vessel to the privileges of this Act, the master or commander of such
vessel must produce to the chief customs officer at the port at which such
vessel shall arrive, the Admiralty warrant authorising such vessel to wear the
Saint George's ensign. |
Provided that to
entitle a vessel other than an English yacht to
these privileges, the master or commander thereof shall produce to the chief
customs officer at the port at which such vessel shall arrive, the commission
or other document issued by the proper authority of the foreign nation to which
such yacht belongs under which such vessel is identified and recognised as a
yacht of such nation. |
4. Where
any yacht arriving within The Bahamas, and entitled to the privileges of this
Act, shall have on board any stores, provisions, liquors, sails or other
materials for the use of and belonging to the said vessel,
which the owner or master thereof may deem it necessary to land, but with the
intention of taking the same on board again, it shall be lawful for the
Comptroller or other customs officer, under such rules as he may consider
necessary with respect thereto relative to entering and clearing the same, to
allow such stores, provisions, liquors, sails and other materials to be landed
and warehoused, and to be removed and taken from such warehouse for consumption
and use on board of any such vessel, without the payment of any taxes or
charges of any kind whatsoever, anything in any Act to the contrary
notwithstanding. | Stores may be landed under
rules. |