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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 225.-The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 23rd June, 1932:-
(C.S.O. 4456/26).
(C.S.O. 1 in 4300/29).
(C.S.O. 2497/12).
(C.S.O. 2218/21).
A BILL
[No. 29.-19.5.32.-3.]
Short title.
Amendment of Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, 5. 2 (f).
Amendment of Ordin-
ance No. 10
of 1899,
s. 3 (8).
Addition
to Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 5 (3).
Substitution
for Ordin-
ance No. 10 of 1899,
s. 10 (10). Issue of certificate.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance,
1899.
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 Amendment Ordinance, 1932.
2. Section 2 (f) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "a marine magistrate" for the words "the marine magistrate".
3. Section 3 (8) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the words "such fee as the Governor in Council shall prescribe" for the words "the sum of one dollar' in the tenth line thereof.
4. Section 5 (3) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 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.
5. Section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the substitution of the following sub- section for sub-section (10) thereof :-
(10) On receipt of such declarations, and if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been complied with, the 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 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.