Substitution
for Ordin-"
ance No. 10
of 1899, $. 38.
Regulations as to
passenger certificates
for river steamers. Schedule. Table F.
New sub- section
(3A) added to Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 41.
Notice to
be given to
nearest consular
officer
where
proceedings taken in respect of a foreign ship under Merchant Shipping Act, 1932,
as extended to Colony.
22 Geo. 5,
c. 9, s. 69.
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17. Section 38 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-
38.-(1) Every passenger certificate issued to a river steamer shall specify the number of passengers which she may lawfully carry.
(2) Such number shall be subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council may direct by regulations.
(3) The owner or master of any river steamer leaving or entering the waters of the Colony with passengers on board in excess of the number authorised by her passenger certificate shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and, in addition, to a fine not exceeding five dollars for every passenger on board in excess of the number authorised by her passenger certificate.
18. Section 41 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as amended by the Merchant Shipping (No. 2) Amend- ment Ordinance, 1934, is further amended by the addition of the following sub-section after sub-section (3) thereof:-
(3A) Where any foreign ship is detained under the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932, as extended to the Colony, and where any proceedings are taken under that Act against the master or owner of any such ship, notice shall forthwith be given to the nearest consular officer for the country to which the ship belongs, and such notice shall specify the grounds on which the ship has been detained or the proceedings have been taken.
Amendments
of Ordin- ance No. 10
of 1899,
s. 41 (7) and (8).
Amendment
of Ordin-
ance No. 10 of 1899.
s. 42 (1).
Amendment
of Ordin-
ance No.
10 of 1899,
s. 46.
19. Section 41 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended--
(i) in sub-section (7) by the substitution of the words 'one thousand dollars" for the words "five hundred dollars"; (ii) in sub-section (8) by the substitution of the words "one thousand dollars" for the words "five hundred dollars"; (iii) in sub-section (S) by the substitution of the words "one hundred dollars" for the words "fifty dollars".
20. Section 42 (1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the addition of the following paragraph after paragraph (b) thereof:--
(c) for amending, varying, rescinding, revoking or suspending any of the Tables in the Schedule.
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21. Section 46 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the insertion of the words "steamers or' immediately after the words "applying to" in the first line.
thereof.