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Inspection by surveyor.
Notice of deficiency.
Harbour Master not to clear ship not complying with above provisions.
Entry in log-book of boat drill and inspection of life-saving appliances.
Production of record.
Penalty.
M. S. Act, 1906, s. 4.
[Act of 1894, Part V.]
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
ship (if in fault) shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars.
(4) Any surveyor appointed under this Ordinance may inspect any ship for the purpose of seeing that she is properly provided with appliances for saving life at sea in conformity with this Ordinance.
(5) If any such surveyor finds that any ship is not so provided, he shall give to the owner or master notice in writing, pointing out the deficiency and also what is, in his opinion, requisite to remedy the same.
(6) The Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance for any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, life-jackets, and other appliances for saving life, unless the same are duly so provided; and if any such ship attempts to go to sea without such clearance, the Harbour Master may detain her until she is so provided.
(7) The master of every British and colonial ship shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log-book, a statement, or if there is no official log-book, cause a record to be kept, of every occasion on which boat drill is practised on board the ship, and on which the life-saving appliances on board the ship have been examined for the purpose of seeing that they are fit and ready for use.
(8) The master shall, if and when required by any officer of the Harbour Department, produce for inspection any such entry or record.
(9) If the master fails to comply with any requirement of sub-sections (7) and (8) he shall be liable, on summary conviction, for each offence to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars.
Provided always that sub-sections (1) to (6) shall after a day to be notified in the Gazette, apply to all foreign ships while within the waters of the Colony to the same extent as they apply to British ships. Provided also that the said sub-sections shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country with regard to which His Majesty has by Order in Council declared that the provisions in force in that country relating to life-saving appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective as those of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to such appliances, on proof that such former provisions are complied with in the case of that ship.
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