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(ii) by deleting "or";
(iii) by deleting the full stop at the end thereof
and substituting the following
-
"; or"; and
(iv) by inserting, after paragraph (b), the
following new paragraph
FROM
"(c) if, within two years from the
date on which a notice was served
on the seaman under subsection (2)
of section 17A, he has made no
representation to the Superinten-
dent. 獎露
Addition of new sections 17A and 17B.
13. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding
after section 17 the following new sections
"Suspension
for
desertion, or failure to join ship.
17A. (1) Whenever the Superintendent
has reasonable grounds for believing that
any seaman has, in Hong Kong or elsewhere
(a) deserted his ship; or
(b) neglected, or refused without
reasonable cause, to join his
ship or to proceed to sea in
his ship,