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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
steamship, and owner, information.
particulars of and the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of every ship surveyed by him or them; and every owner, master, and etc., to give engineer of any such ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyor or surveyors all such information and assistance within his power as he or they may require for the purpose of such returns; and every such owner, master, or engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such information or assistance shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars.
Punishment for false declaration.
Report to Harbour Master of accident to passenger ship.
M. S. Act, 1894, s. 425.
Further penalties for non-compliance with provisions relating to passenger surveys and certificates.
Penalties for carrying passengers in excess of complement.
Equipment of passenger ship.
(22) If any person knowingly and wilfully makes, or assists in making, or procures to be made a false or fraudulent declaration of survey or passenger ship's certificate, he shall, in respect of each offence, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(23) When any passenger ship has sustained or caused any accident occasioning loss of life or has received any material damage affecting her seaworthiness or her efficiency, either in her hull or in any part of her machinery, the master shall, within 24 hours after the happening of the accident or damage, or as soon thereafter as possible, report the same by letter to the Harbour Master, and in default, without reasonable cause therefor, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.
(24) If the provisions of this Part, which require a passenger ship to be surveyed and to have a passenger certificate, are not complied with in the case of any such ship the master or owner shall, without prejudice to any other remedy or penalty under this Ordinance, be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars for every passenger carried from or to any place in the waters of the Colony.
(25) The owner or master of any passenger ship shall not receive or have on board thereof or on or in any part thereof at any place within the waters of the Colony any number of passengers which having regard to the time, occasion, and circumstances of the case is greater than the number allowed by the passenger certificate, and if he does so he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 200 dollars, and also to an additional fine not exceeding 5 dollars for every passenger above the number so allowed.
General Equipment.
11.-(1) Every passenger ship of which a survey is required by the last section shall,
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912 and No. 17 of 1912.