1112 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891.
Power to make Ragalations.
(Ibid. sec. 8.)
Classes of ships.
Life-bosts, &c.
Life- BaVing apparatus.
Suspension of operation of Table A
Penalties on masters and owners, &c., neglecting to provide boats. (M. S. A., 1998, $40. 4.)
Surveyor's powers.
Harbour Mas- ter not to clear ships not complying
with the above provisions. (Ord. 8 of 1879 Bec, 4 sub-8, 3.)
Class of vessel to which section applics. (Idza. sec. 5.)
life at sea as having regard to the nature of the service in which the ship is employed and the avoidance of undue incumbrance of the ship's deck are best adapted for securing the safety of her crew and passengers.
The Governor in Council may from time to time make, rescind and vary rules with respect to the following
matters:
(a.) The arranging of ships into classes having regard to the service in which they are employed to the nature and duration of the voyage and to the number of persons carried.
(6.) The number and description of the boats, life boats, life rafts, life-jackets and life buoys to be carried by British or Colonial ships according to the class in which they are managed and the mode of their construction also the equipments to be carried by the boats and rafts and the method to be provided to get the boat and other life-saving apparatus into the water.
(c.) The quantity, quality and description of buoyant apparatus to be carried ou board ships carrying passengers either in addition to or in substitution for boats, life boats, life rafts, life jackets and life buoys.
The Rules in Table A of the Schedule hereto shall be the Rules under this section, but they shall not come into operation until the 1st day of July, 1892, and until such date the provisions of section 4 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1879 and of Table A thereto and all provisions in the said. Ordi- nance for breaches of the said section and table shall apply notwithstanding the repeal of the said Ordinance herein- after contained.
Provided also that such rules shall not apply in any case in which a certificate has been duly obtained under the fourth section of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855,"
(2.) In any of the following cases, that is to say :-
(a.) If any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats and other appliances for saving life proceeds to sea without being so provided there- with, or,
(6.) If any such appliances for saving life are lost or rendered unfit for service in the course of the voyage through the wilful fault or negligence of the owner or master; or,
(c.) If in case of any of such appliances for saving life being lost or injured in the course of the voyage, the master wilfully neglects to replace or repair the same on the first opportunity; or, (d.) If such appliances for saving life are not kept so
as to be at all times fit and ready for use;- Then if the owner appears to be in fault he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and if the master appears to be in fault he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
(3.) Any surveyor appointed under this Ordinance may inspect a ship for the purpose of seeing that the ship is properly provided with appliances for saving life at sea in pursuance of the Rules and shall for that purpose have all the powers given to Inspectors by section 14 of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.
(4.) If any such surveyor finds that any ship is not so pro- vided he shall give to the masters or owner notice in writing pointing out the deficiency and also what is in his opinion requisite to remedy the same.
(5.) The Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance for any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, life jackets and other appliances for saving life unless the same is duly so provided; and if any such ship attempts to go to sea without such clearance, the Harbour Master may detain her until she is so provided.
Survey of Steam-ships of 60 tons and upwards, 5. (1.) This section shall apply-
(a.) To all British steam-ships of 60 tons and upwards carrying more than twelve passengers and being within the waters of the Colony which have not been surveyed in the United Kingdom or in any British possession within the preceding twelve months under the pro- visions of The Merchant Shipping Acts,