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the consent of the owner thereof. It contained no other provision for the issue of night permits for lying in-shore. It has been the practice, however, to issue such permits and the new sub-section regularises the practice. The new sub- section provides for obstruction by rafts and floating logs as well as by vessels.
16. Section 17 adds the Deputy Harbour Master to the list of officers who may board and inspect vessels under section 30 (1) of the principal Ordinance.
17. Section 18 increases the penalty under section 30 (3) of the principal Orderinance from $200 to $500.
18. Section 19 redrafts section 32 (4) of the principal Ordinance by enabling instead of compelling the Harbour Master to refuse clearance when a receipt for light and other dues, to which fees payable in respect of moorings or buoys have been added, is not produced to him.
19. Section 20 amends section 36 (5) of the principal Ordinance by requiring the written permission of the Harbour Master for the removal, except for the purpose of going to sea, from the Gunpowder Anchorage of vessels with explosives on board.
20. Section 21 adds to section 37 of the principal Ordinance a sub-section similar to section 39 (2) (c) as to the provision of anchorages for small craft.
21. Section 22 redrafts section 37 (7) of the principal Ordinance. Agents and charterers are added. The sub- section is no longer restricted to unseaworthiness by reason of over-loading or similar causes and the penalties are doubled.
22. Section 23 redrafts section 37 (15) of the principal Ordinance so as to bring all launches and motor boats under the collision regulations and so as to enable the Harbour Master to deal with all local certificates of competency issued to masters and engineers of launches and motor boats.
23. Section 24 substitutes retrospectively a revised Table for Table I of the principal Ordinance as enacted by Ordinance No. 5 of 1931. The revision regularises the practice of charging the visit fees in paragraph 2 of the Table as additions to the engagement and discharge fees. This practice, which has obtained since the Table enacted in 1931 came into force on the 31st July, 1931 (Proclamation No 1 of 1931), is in accordance with Board of Trade Regulations (c.f. Board of Trade List of Fees and Expenses payable in connection with Board of Trade Surveys and other Mercantile Marine Services published by H. M. Stationery Office, 1930, page 28).
24. Section 25 is the suspending clause usual in Ordin- ances relating to Merchant Shipping.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
May, 1932