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Merchant Shipping
[1974 Ed.
eyors to
ke returns of Cuild and other
rticulars of
and owner, , to give Tercion.
pr. Act, s. 726.]
Penalty for carrying passengers in excess of certificate and
on excess
passengers in uncertificated ship.
f. pr. Act, s. 283.]
(c) that, since the making of such declarations, the hull, equipments or machinery of the ship has or have sustained any injury or is or are otherwise insufficient,
and in every such case the Governor may require the owner to have the hull, equipments or machinery of the ship again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration or declarations of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.
(2) The Governor may revoke and cancel any such certificate in any case in which he has reason to believe that the certificated master of the ship is not exercising, or is not permitted to exercise, proper control of the ship.
33. (1) A Government surveyor shall from time to time make such returns to the Governor as he may require with respect to the build, dimensions, draught, burden, rate of sailing, room for fuel, and the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of every ship surveyed by him. The owner, master and engineer of any such ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyor all such information and assistance within his power as he may require for the purpose of such returns. Any such owner, master or engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give the required information or assistance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.
(2) Every structural alteration made to a passenger ship shall be notified in writing to the Director not later than 24 hours after it has been made or as soon after the expiry of that period as is practi- cable.
(3) The owner and master, and the charterer and agent (if any), shall be severally responsible for ensuring compliance with subsection (2), but compliance by one of those persons shall be deemed to be compliance by all of them.
(4) Where subsection (2) has not been complied with, each of the persons mentioned in subsection (3) shall, unless he has a reason- able excuse, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended, 17 of 1965, s. 17 and 73 of 1974, s. 12)
34. (1) The owner, agent, charterer, master or comprador of any passenger ship shall not receive or have on board thereof at any place within the waters of the Colony any number of passengers which having regard to the time, occasion and circumstances is in excess of the number allowed by the passenger certificate, and in default he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on convic- tion to imprisonment for 6 months and to a fine of $10,000 and an additional fine of $5,000 for each passenger in excess of the number allowed by the passenger certificate. (Amended, 17 of 1965, s. 18 and 73 of 1974, s. 12)
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