Classes of ships.
(b) the number and description of the boats, life-boats, life-rafts, life-jackets, and life-buoys to be carried by British or colonial ships according to the class in which they are arranged and the mode of their construction, also the equipments to be carried by the boats and rafts, and the method to be provided to get the boats and other life-saving apparatus into the water; and
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(a) the arranging of ships into classes, having regard to the service in which they are employed, the nature and duration of the voyage, and the number of persons carried;
(c) the quantity, quality, and description of buoyant apparatus to be carried on board ships carrying passengers, either in addition to or in substitution for boats, life-rafts, life-jackets, and life-buoys.
(2) It shall be the duty of the owner and master of every British or colonial ship exceeding 60 tons to see that his ship is provided, in accordance with the rules in Table A in the schedule, with such life-boats, jackets, and other appliances for saving life at sea as, having regard to the nature of the service in which the ship is employed and the avoidance of undue incumbrance of the ship's deck, are best adapted for securing the safety of her crew and passengers.
(2a) Sub-sections (2) and (3) shall not apply to any British ship which already complies with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts with respect to life-saving appliances.
(3) In the case of any ship,
(a) if the ship is required by the rules for life-saving appliances to be provided with such appliances and proceeds on any voyage or excursion without being so provided in accordance with the rules applicable to the ship; or
(b) if any of the appliances with which the ship is so provided are lost or rendered unfit for service in the course of the voyage or excursion through the wilful fault or negligence of the owner or master; or
(c) if the master wilfully neglects to replace or repair, on the first opportunity, any such appliances lost or injured in the course of the voyage or excursion; or
(d) if such appliances are not kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use,
then the owner of the ship (if in fault) shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, and the master of the ship...
Penalty for neglect. 1894, s. 430.
M. S. Act,
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