MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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Ship laden with a grain cargo means a ship carrying a cargo of which the portion consisting of grain is more than one third of the registered tonnage of the ship, and that third shall be computed, where the grain is reckoned in measures of capacity, at the rate 100 cubic feet for each ton of registered tonnage, and where the grain is reckoned in measures of weight, at the rate of 2 tons weight for each ton of registered tonnage.
(2) When such grain cargo is carried on board any vessel such grain shall be contained in bags, sacks, or barrels, or secured from shifting by boards, bulkheads, or otherwise.
(3) If any ship arrives within the waters of the Colony with grain cargo loaded contrary to the provisions of this section the master thereof shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars.
(4) If the owner or master of any ship, or any agent of any ship, knowingly allows any grain cargo or part of a grain cargo to be loaded therein contrary to the provisions of this section, or sends or attempts to send such ship to sea, he shall for every such offence be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars.
Unseaworthy Ships.
17.-(1) Every person who sends or attempts to send, or is a party to sending or attempting to send, a British or colonial ship to sea in such an unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby endangered shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves either that he used all reasonable means to ensure her being sent to sea in a seaworthy state, or that her going to sea in such an unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and, for the purpose of giving such proof, he may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.
(2) Every master of a British or colonial ship who knowingly takes the same to sea in such an unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby endangered shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves that her going to sea in such an unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and, for the purpose of giving such proof, he may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912, No. 17 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
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