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Duration of Colonial register. [bid, sec. 10.]
Consent to prosecution.
Rules as to boats and life buoys.
M. S, A., 1854, sec. 292.3
[M. S. A., 1873, sec. 15.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and to the Acts amending the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as British ships registered under the said Acts are subject thereto, in the waters of this Colony, or in trading therein or therefrom.
12. Any Colonial register granted under this section shall be in force and effect for one year from the date of such register, and no longer, and such register shall be renewable by endorsement on the same, under the hand of the Governor, if he shall so think fit. Provided always that whether the register is intended to be renewed or not such register shall be delivered into the custody of the Colonial Secretary five days before the expiration of the year for which it has been granted or in the event of the registered ship being at sea then on her return to the waters of the Colony, and that the owner, agent, or master of any such ship neglecting to comply with the requirements of this provision shall incur a penalty not exceeding $500.
13. No prosecution shall be instituted under this section unless under the fiat of the Attorney General.
CHAPTER II.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING SAFETY.
Boats for Sea-going Ships.
4. The following rules shall be observed with respect to boats, rafts and life buoys, that is to say :-
(a.) No decked British ship (except ships used solely as steam tugs) shall proceed to sea from this Colony unless she is provided, according to her tonnage, with boats duly supplied with all requisites for use, and not being fewer in number nor less in their cubic contents than the boats the number and cubic contents of which are specified in the table marked A in the schedule hereto for the class to which such ship belongs: Provided that the Governor may, at the request of the owner, or master, authorise the reduction of the number and the variation of the dimensions of such boats and also the substitution of rafts or other appliances for saving life for any such boats, so nevertheless that the boats so
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