THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 24, 1934.
for Ordin- ance No. 10
5. Sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 41 of the Substitution Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, are repealed and the following sub-sections are substituted therefor :-
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of 1899, s. 41.
and 725.
(1) Such of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Modified
application Acts as apply to this Colony and are inconsistent with the pro- of Merchant visions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed so far as they Shipping
Acts, ef. relate to ships registered in this Colony But in all other 57 & 58 Vict. respects the provisions of the said Acts shall be deemed to be c. 60, ss. 264 in force in the Colony of Hong Kong, so far as they are applicable thereto, and to extend, so far as they can be ex- tended, to all ships registered in the Colony and to the owners, masters and crews of such ships: Provided, however, that the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932, shall extend to the Colony and to ships registered therein and their owners, masters and crews only when, and to the extent that they may be, extended to the Colony by Orders of His Majesty in Council under section 36 or 64 thereof
functions to be
(2) Where by or under any of the said Acts functions Certain are required to be performed by the Governor, such functions may be performed by the Governor or by any exercised public officer nominated for the purpose by him.
(3) Any misdemeanor or other offence under any of the said Acts or under this Ordinance may be prosecuted, heard and determined summarily by any magistrate in accordance with the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1932: Provided that any fines expressed in terms of English cur- rency that may be imposed shall be paid in local currency calculated at the day's opening demand rate of exchange on London published in the Colony by the Hong Kong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation.
by the Governor or his nominee.
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Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 72.
6. Paragraph (a) of Section 17 (5) of the Merchant Amendment Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as enacted by section 10 of the of Ordin- Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1932, is repealed of 1899, and the following paragraph is substituted therefor :-
may
(a) The Harbour Master or any Government ship surveyor or engineer surveyor if he has reason to believe, on complaint or otherwise, that a British ship is unsafe,
order the pro- visional 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.
ance No. 10
s. 17 (5) (a).
ment.
7. This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless Commence- and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation His Majesty's pleasure thereon; and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such day as the Governor shall notify by the same or any other Proclamation.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 23rd day of August, 1934.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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