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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 30, 1932.
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11. Part V of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, New is amended by the insertion of the following heading and heading. section after section 19:
Reports.
and section 19A to Ordinance No. 10 of 1899
Master of
to ship
19A. When any steamship or motorship has sustained Report to or caused any accident occasioning loss of life or has received Harbour any material damage affecting the seaworthiness or the accident efficiency thereof, either in the hull or in any part of the 8 machinery, the master shall, within twenty-four hours after Viet, c. 60, the happening of the accident or damage, or as soon there- after as possible, report the same by letter to the Harbour Master, and in default, without reasonable excuse therefor, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
s. 425.
12. Section 21 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the addition of the words "without the of Ordin- written permission of the Harbour Master" after the word "Colony" at the end thereof.
ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 21.
of Ordin- ance No. 10
✓ 13. Section 22 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "properly to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master" for the word of 1899,
"properly" in the fourth line of sub-section (3).
s. 22 (3).
14. Section 22 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended by the insertion of the following sub- section after sub-section (3) :-
New sub- (34) of
section
Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, s. 22.
owners
(3A). The obligations as to proper mooring of a ship to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master imposed by sub-section agents and (5) shall fall on the owners, agents and charterers in the case of any ship without a master.
15. Section 26 (1) (c) of the Merchant Shipping Ordin- ance, 1899, is amended by the insertion of the word "oil" after the word "rubbish,' in the first line.
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16. Section 26 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended by the substitution of the following sub-section for sub-section (2) thereof --
charterers
hable where
ship is without a master.
amendment of Ordin-
ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 26 (1) (c).
Substitution for Ordin.
ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 26 (2).
(2) (a).--No vessel shall lie alongside any public wharf Obstruction or public landing place or alongside any part of any praya of wharves wall except when engaged in taking on board or landing passengers or cargo.
(b) No vessel shall without a written permit from the Harbour Master be moored or at anchor, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m, within a distance of less than one hundred yards from low water mark of such part of the Colony as is declared in paragraph 2 of Table N in the Schedule to this Ordinance to be a part of the Colony in respect of which the provisions of section 26 (2) (b) of this Ordinance shall apply, or of such part of the Colony as may be declared by regulation made by the Governor in Council in substitution for the said paragraph 2 of Table N Provided that nothing contained in this sub-paragraph shall be construed as extending to any vessel moored or at anchor alongside any private wharf with the written consent of the owner of such wharf.
lying off
night, etc.
prava at
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