MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
965
(vi) that the certificates of the engineer or engineers are such and in such form as required by law; and,
(vii) in the case of a British or colonial ship, that the ship is duly marked with deck and load-lines in accordance with section 14 of this Ordinance or with the Merchant Shipping Acts;
and such declarations shall be in such form as the Governor may direct.
[contd.]
(9) The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such declarations to the Colonial Secretary within 14 days after the dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 2 dollars for every day that the sending of such declarations is delayed; and such sum shall be paid on the delivery of the certificate hereinafter mentioned, in addition to the fee payable for the same, and shall be applied in the same manner as such fees; and if the declarations are not transmitted to the Colonial Secretary within 28 days, the fees and forfeitures shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.
(10) On the receipt of such declarations, the Governor shall, if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been complied with, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and issued to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with; and such certificate shall state the limits, if any, beyond which, according to the declaration of the surveyor or surveyors such ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the surveyor or surveyors such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing (if necessary) between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of the year, the nature of voyage, the cargo carried, and other circumstances, as the case may require.
(11) The Colonial Secretary shall transmit such certificate in duplicate to the Harbour Master, who shall deliver the same to the owner, agent, or master, on his applying and paying the balance of the fee and other sums, if any, herein mentioned as payable in that behalf.
(12) If a ship-owner feels aggrieved,—
Appeal to Court of Survey.
(a) by a declaration of a surveyor or surveyors under this section, or by the refusal of a surveyor to give the said declaration; or