THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 30, 1932.
HONG KONG.
No. 23 of 1932.
I assent.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
L.S.
Offizer Administering the Government.
30th June, 1932.
An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance,
1899.
[30th June, 1932.]
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BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1932.
2. Section 2 (f) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "a marine of Ordin- magistrate" for the words "the marine magistrate".
ance No. 10
of 1899, s. 2 (/).
ance No. 10
3. Section 3 (8) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "such fee of Ordin- as the Governor in Council shall prescribe" for the words of 1899, s. 3 (8). "the sum of one dollar" in the tenth line thereof,
4. Section 5 (3) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Addition 1899, is amended by the addition of the following provisoes at the end thereof:
Provided that the agreements may be made for a voyage or, if the voyages of the ship average less than six months in duration, may be made to extend over two or more voyages, and agreements so made to extend over two or more voyages shall be referred to as running agreements; and provided also that running agreements shall not be for a longer period than six months or the first arrival of the ship at her port of destination in the Colony after the expiration of that period, or the discharge of cargo consequent on that arrival.
to Ordin- ance No. 10
of 1899, s. 5 (3).
5. Section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Substitution 1899, is amended by the substitution of the following sub- section for sub-section (10) thereof :-
for Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 10 (10). Issue of
(10) On receipt of such declarations, and if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been complied with, the certificate. Governor may, if in his absolute discretion he thinks fit to do so, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and issued to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with; and such certificate shall state the limits, if any, beyond which, according to the declaration of the surveyor or surveyors such ship is not fit
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