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1116 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891.
Fecs to be paid for certificate. (Ibid, sec. 12.)
How long ecrtificates to continue in force.
(Ibid. nec. 13.)
Governor may cancel certificates, and require fresh
declarations. (Ibid. sec. 14.)
Copy of certificate to be placed in conspicuous part of ship Ibid. sub-s. 15.)
Surveyors to nuke returns of the build and other particulars of steam-ships and owners and masters
to give information for that purposi (Ibid, subs. 16.)
Harbour
Master mar retuse clear- Auces to ship carrying more passengers thin allowed by certificate (Ibid, enb-.6.)
Penalty master for taking more passengers than allowed
ly certi cite, and atre for Jeaving with- eus apert clearance. (Ibid, sub-s. 2.)
(12.) The owner, agent, or master of every steam-ship requiring a certificate under this section, shall pay for every certificate granted by the Governor the fees mentioned in the table marked C in the schedule hereto..
same:
(13.) No certificate shall be held to be in force for the purposes of this section beyond a period of twelve months; and no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor to the owner, agent, or master of the ship to which the same relates, that he has cancelled or revoked the Provided that if any steam-ship is absent from the Colony at the time when her certificate expires no penalty shall be incurred until she commences a voyage after her next subsequent return to the Colony, and the Governor may require any certificate which has expired or has been revoked or cancelled to be delivered up as he directs, and any owner, agent, or master, who without any reasonable cause neglects or refuses to comply with such requirement, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
(14.) The Governor may revoke and cancel such certifi- cates in any case in which he has reason to believe-
(a.) That the declarations of the sufficiency and good condition of the hull, equipments, and machinery of any steam-ship have been fraudulently or erroneously made; or,
(b.) That such certificate has otherwise been issued upon false or erroneous information; or,
(c.) That since the making of such declarations, the hull, equipments, or machinery of such steam- ship have sustained any injury, or are otherwise insufficient:
And in every such case the Governor may, if he thinks fit, require the owner to have the bull, equipments, or machinery of such steam-ship again surveyed, and to transmit a fur- ther declaration or declarations of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate, or grant- ing a fresh one in lieu thereof.
(15.) The owner, agent, or master of every such steam- such cer- any ship, shall forthwith, ou the transmission of tificate as aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of the duplicates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspicuous part of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such certificate remains in force and such steam-ship is in use; and in default, such owner, agent, or master shall, for every offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
(16.) The said surveyor or surveyors shall, from time to time, make such returns to the Governor as he requires with respect to the build, dimensions, draught, burden, rate of sailing, room for fuel, and the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of the steam-ship surveyed by him or them; and every owner, master, and engineer of any such ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyor or sur- veyors all such information and assistance within his power as he or they require for the purpose of such returns; and every such owner, master, or engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such information or assistance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of the Numbers allowed by Certificate, or in a
certain proportion to tonnage.
6. (1.) The master of any ship carrying more than twelve passengers shall, upon application to the Harbour Master for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he purposes to carry on the then projected voyage; and if such number shall be in excess of the number mentioned in the passenger certificate, the Harbour Master may refuse a port clearance to such ship. Any master wilfully misre- presenting the number of passengers so about to be carried shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
(2.) Any master of any such ship who shall, after having obtained such port clearance, leave the waters of the Colony with any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the said port clearance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars in addition to a penalty not exceeding five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the said port clearance; and the master of any such ship proceeding to sea without a port clearance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.