MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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Provided that the word "vessel" be limited by the definition of in this sub-section shall not [s. 39 vessel in sub-section (1).
PART XI.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Prosecution of Offences and Procedure.
41.-(1) Such of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts which apply to the Colony and are inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed so far as they relate to ships registered in this Colony; but in all other respects the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be in force in this Colony, and in particular such as relate to rights to wages and remedies for the recovery thereof, to leaving seamen abroad, to the provisions, health, and accommodation of seamen, to the power of seamen to make complaints, to the protection of seamen from imposition, to discipline, to official logs, and to crimes committed abroad shall apply, mutatis mutandis and so far as the same can be extended, to all ships registered in this Colony, when such ships are within the waters of the Colony, and to the owners, masters, and crews of such ships.
(2)—(a) Every offence declared by the Merchant Shipping Acts or by this Ordinance to be a misdemeanor may, if tried in this Colony, be tried by the Supreme Court in the same manner as other misdemeanors are tried, and may also, unless otherwise expressly provided, instead of being prosecuted before the Supreme Court, be prosecuted summarily in accordance with the procedure established by the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, but, if so prosecuted, shall be punishable by the Stipendiary Magistrate only with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or with a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars.
(b) Every offence made punishable by the Merchant Shipping Acts, by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding 6 months or by a fine not exceeding £100 may be prosecuted...
*As amended by No. 2 of 1903, No. 9 of 1909, No. 6 of 1910, No. 30 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912, No. 17 of 1912, No. 21 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
No. 3 of 1890.