D. 1899.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
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PART III.
PASSENGER SHIPS.
Surveys.
Repealed by Ord. 77/1909.
10.-(1.) For the purposes of this Part, the expression "passenger ship" means-
(a.) all British and Colonial ships exceeding sixty tons register, being within the waters of the Colony and carrying more than twelve passengers;
(b.) all Foreign ships exceeding sixty tons, being within the waters of the Colony and carrying more than twelve passengers;
(c.) all steamships exceeding sixty tons plying within the waters of the Colony and carrying more than twelve passengers;
(d.) all river steamers which carry more than 12 passengers.
(2) Every passenger ship shall be surveyed once at least in each year in the manner provided in this section, except-
(a.) British ships which have from the United Kingdom or from any British possession passenger certificates or survey and other certificates equivalent to those required under this section, the same being in force and applicable, and which have been issued under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or any legislative enactment for the time being in force in Great Britain and Ireland or in any British possession; and
(b.) Foreign ships which have from their own country, or from the country from whose flag they may have been transferred, or from any British possession passenger certificates or survey and other certificates equivalent to those required in the case of British ships: Provided that, in the event of any question arising as to the sufficiency of any foreign certificate to protect the ship holding the same from survey under this section, such question shall be referred for settlement to the Governor-in-Council, whose decision thereon shall be final.
(3.) No passenger ship shall clear out or proceed on any voyage from this Colony unless the master has the certificates as to survey required under this Part, the same being in force and applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed, or, in the case of a Foreign ship, certificates equivalent to those required in the case of a British ship. Any passenger ship attempting to go to sea without such certificates may be detained until such certificates as aforesaid are produced to the Harbour Master.
(4) The Governor may from time to time appoint such number of fit and proper persons to be Government surveyors for the purposes of this Ordinance.
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