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Definition.
Passenger ship to be surveyed once a year. M. S. Act, 1894, s. 271(1)(a).
Passenger ship not to clear without certificates of survey. ib. s. 271(1)(b)(2).
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
under this section may, by direction of the committing Stipendiary Magistrate, be sent on board his ship or may be placed at the disposal of the consular officer at whose request he dealt with the case, on the written application of such officer, either on or before the expiration of his term of imprisonment.
PART III.
PASSENGER SHIPS.
Surveys.
10.-(1) In this Part "passenger ship" means every ship exceeding 60 tons register carrying passengers from, to, or between places in the waters of the Colony.
(2) Every passenger ship which carries more than 12 passengers 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 Acts or any enactment in force in any British possession; and
(b) Foreign ships which have from their own country, or from the country from whose flag they 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 which carries more than 12 passengers 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 may be detained until such certificates as aforesaid are produced to the Harbour Master.
* As amended by No. 2 of 1903, No. 9 of 1909, No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912, No. 17 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.