THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JULY, 1874.
certificate as aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of the dupli- placed in cates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspicuous part conspicuous of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board the same, part of ship. and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such certifi- 317.1'
[Ibid, sec. cate remains in force end such ship is in use; and in default, such owner or master shall, for every offence, incur a penalty not ex- ceeding fifty dollars.
certificate a
16. Every person who knowingly and wilfully makes, or Forgery of assists in making, or procures to be made a false or fraudulent declaration or declaration or certificate with respect to any steamer requiring a misdemeanour. certificate under this section, or who forges, assists in forging, or [Ibid, sec. procures to be forged, fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently 320.] altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any declaration or certificate required by this section, or any words or figures in any such declaration or certificate, or any signature thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.
and other
17. The said surveyors shall, from time to time, make such Surveyors to returns to the Governor as he requires with respect to the build, make returns dimensions, draught, burden, rate of sailing, room for fuel, and of the build the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of the particulars of ship surveyed by them; and every owner, master and engineer steam ships, of any such ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyors all such and owners information and assistance within his power as they require for and masters
to give in- the purpose of such returns; and every such owner, master, or formation for engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully that purpose. refuses or neglects to give such information or assistance, shall be [Ibid, sec. liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
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Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of the Numbers
1.
allowed by Certificate.
refuse clear-
VII. The master of any ship carrying more than ten passengers Harbour (except such ship come within the operation of "The Chinese Pas- Master may senger's Act, 1855"), shall, upon application to the Harbour ances to ship Master for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he carrying more purposes to carry in the then projected voyage; and if such number passengers shall be in excess of the number such ship is allowed to carry than allowed by her passenger certificate whether granted in the United by certificate. Kingdom, any British possession, or by the Government of any foreign power; or in the case of a foreign ship not having any such certificate, if such number shall exceed one passenger for every tons of her gross tonnage, the Harbour Master may refuse a port clearance to such ship. Any master wilfully mis- representing the number of passengers so about to be carried shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.
than allowed
2. Any master of any such ship who shall, after having obtained Penalty for such port clearance, wilfully take or receive on board such vessel taking more any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the said passengers port clearance, shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not certificate. exceeding two hundred dollars in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the said
port
clearance.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to prohibit the Governor may conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
prohibit con- veyance of deck passengers.
4. If any British or foreign ship enters the waters of the Colony, Penalty on having on board a greater number of passengers than is allowed ship entering waters of the by her certificate, or if she has no such certificate, having on
Colony with board more than one passenger for every
tons of her gross more tonnage, the master thereof shall incur a penalty not exceeding passengers two hundred dollars, and also an additional penalty not exceeding than allowed five dollars for every passenger over and above the number al by certificate. lowed by her certificate, or in the case of her having no such certificate, then such master shall incur the above penalty for every passenger carried in excess of the proportion of one pas- senger to every
tons of her gross tonnage.
Survey of Unseaworthy Ships.
being unsea-
VIII. Where the Governor has received a complaint, or has reason Survey of ships to believe, that any British ship is, by reason of the defective con- suspected of dition of her hull, equipments, or machinery, or by reason of worthy. overloading or improper loading, unfit to proceed to sea without [M.S. A. 1873, serious danger to human life, he may, if he thinks fit, appoint para. 12.] some competent person or persons to survey such ship, and the equipments, machinery and cargo thereof, and to report thereon to the Governor.
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Any person so appointed may, for the purposes of such survey, require the unloading or removal of any cargo, ballast, or tackle, and shall have all the powers of an inspector appointed under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854."
Any person who (having notice of the intention to hold such survey) wilfully does or causes to be done any act by which
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