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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 24, 1930.
If the candidate subsequently produces a medical certi- ficate to the effect that his hearing, speech, or physical or mental condition has improved or is normal, the Governor will take into consideration the question of allowing the candidate to sit again for examination.
13. Foreigners must know English.--Foreigners must prove to the satisfaction of the examiners that they can speak and write the English language sufficiently well to per- form the duties required of them on board a British vessel. If a candidate fails for ignorance of the English language he will not be re-examined until after a lapse of six months.
14. If, after a Candidate has passed the examination, it is discovered on further investigation that his services are insufficient to entitle him to receive a Certificate of the grade for which he has passed, the Certificate will not be granted to him, but if the Harbour Master is satisfied that the error in the calculation of the Candidate's services did not occur through any fault or wilful misrepresentation on his part. he may be granted a Certificate of such lower grade as his service entitles him to. The superior Certificate will not be granted until the Candidate has performed the amount of service in which he was deficient, and has been re-examined in all the subjects, unless the Harbour Master sees fit to dispense with the re-examination.
15. Examination of Officers in Royal Navy.-- Officers of the Royal Navy may be examined for certificates of competency on the same conditions as officers in the Mer- cantile Marine, but the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed that the applications of officers wishing to be so examined should be made, if on the active list, through their commanding officers, and if on halfpay direct to the Secretary of the Admiralty, who, in either case, will forward the application to the Board of Trade.
16. Failure in the written or the oral part of the examination.-Candidates for any grade of certificate will proceed to the oral examination irrespective of whether they have passed or failed in their written work,
17. Where a candidate passes in the written portion of the examination and fails in the oral, or vice versa, his pass in that portion in which he has satisfied the examiners will hold good for a period of six months from the date of the exami- nation. If he does not pass the remainder of the examination within this period he will again be required to be examined both in the written and in the oral portions. The Governor may in exceptional circunstances decide to extend this period up to a limit of one year.
18. Penalties for failure. In the case of a second failure or any subsequent failure in the written or the oral portion of the examination, or in both, au interval of two months must clapse from the date of the last failure before a candidate can be re-examined. No further penalty will be imposed save in those cases where the Examiner considers further sea service necessary. Such sea service will not ex- ceed six months.
When a candidate fails in the oral portion of the exam- ination, the Examiner, in making his report on the form Exn. 14, should state whether any further sea service must be per- formed by the candidate and he should also insert this informa- tion in the form Exn. 2.