A BILL
ANNEX TO XCR(72)243
To
Amend the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant
Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) (Amendment) Ordinance 1972.
Amendment of
section 2. (Cap. 135.)
2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended
in subsection (1) by deleting the definition of "seaman"
and substituting the following
""seaman" means any person who is, or is to be,
engaged for or employed in service at sea
in a ship in any capacity other than
(Cap. 281.)
(a)
that of master;
(b)
that of mate or engineer, duly certi-
(c)
ficated for the purposes of the
Merchant Shipping Ordinance; and
that which the Authority may, after
consultation with the Advisory Board
and subject to such conditions as he
thinks fit, specify in writing to the
Superintendent;".