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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 30, 1932.
New
snb-section (194) of Ordinance No. 10 of 1809, s. 10.
Governor may cancel certificate where
master is not in
control
of ship.
Substitution for Ordin- ance No. 10
of 1899. s. 10 (23).
Report of structural alteration.
Substitution for Ordin-
ance No. 10
of 1899, s. 10 (25).
Penalties
for carrying
passengers
in excess of
to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the surveyor or surveyors such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing (if necessary) between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of the year, the nature of voyage, the cargo carried, and other circumstances as the case may require.
6. Section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended by the insertion of the following sub-section after sub-section (19) thereof :-
(194). The Governor may also 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.
7. Section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended by the substitution of the following sub- section for sub-section (23) thereof:
(23) If any structural alteration is made in any passenger ship, the owners, agents, charterers and master shall, within twenty-four hours after the alteration is made or as soon thereafter as possible, report the same by letter to the Harbour Master, and in default, without reasonable excuse therefor, they shall be severally liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
8. Section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended by the substitution of the following sub-section for sub-section (25) thereof :-
(25) The owner, agent, charterer, master or compradore of any passenger ship shall not receive or have on board thereof or on or in any part thereof at any place within the waters complement. of the Colony any number of passengers which, having regard to the time, occasion and circumstances of the case, is greater than the number allowed by the passenger certificate; and if he does so he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, and also to an additional fine not exceeding five dollars for every passenger above the number so allowed.
Amendment
of Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899.
s. 14 (3).
Substitution
for Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899,
s. 17 (5) (a).
9. Section 14 (3) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "Every owner, agent, charterer, master or compradore" for the words "Every owner or master" in the first line thereof.
10. Section 17 (5) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) thereof :-
(a) The Harbour Master, if he has reason to believe, on complaint or otherwise, that a British ship is unsafe, may order the provisional detention of such ship for a period not exceeding twenty-four hours; and subject to the further provisions of this section, the Governor may by order extend such period either indefinitely or for such definite period as he may deem fit.
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