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3.
Clause 3 makes formal amendments to section 93, consequential
upon the revision of section 92.
4.
Clause 4 adds a section 107A, in similar terms to section
100(3), which applies only to vessels to which Part XIII of the Ordinance.
applies. The new section will enable the Director, after due inquiry,
to cancel or suspend a local certificate of competency issued under
regulations made under Part XIV of the Ordinance, if he is satisfied
that the holder thereof has been guilty of incompetency or negligence
in the performance of his duties as a master or engineer.
5.
Clause 5 repeals the proviso to section 117 of the principal
Ordinance, which deals with the exchange rate at which sterling fines
under the Merchant Shipping Acts, as applied to Hong Kong, are to be
calculated in Hong Kong dollars, since this is now covered by section
10 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance.
Attorney General.