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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 28, 1939.
2. Notwithstanding anything in section 53 of the Mer- chant Shipping Act, 1894, an application made (whether before or after the coming into force of this regulation) for the transfer of the registry of a British ship registered in the Colony shall not be granted excepting with the approval of
the Board of Trade.
3. Nothing in section 48 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as amended by section 53 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. shall apply in relation to any alterations of a British ship registered under the first mentioned Act which, in pursuance of directions given by or on behalf of the Board of Trade, are made on any occasion for the purpose only of providing in the ship additional space or accommodation for cargo, stores, passengers or crew, provided that such particular alterations as may be prescribed by the Board of Trade are, within such time after the completion of the alterations as may be so prescribed, indorsed on the ship's certificate of registry by a registrar of British ships.
Published by His Excellency's Command.
No. 710.
28th August, 1939.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
It is hereby notified for general information that regula- tions similar to the above and applicable to all British ships, other than Dominion ships, have been enacted in the United Kingdom under the authority of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act.
28th August, 1939.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
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