MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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be given to
(14) Every applicant who has passed a satisfactory (s. 4 contd.) examination, and has given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience, and general good conduct on board a successful ship, shall be entitled to receive, on the recommendation of the board, a colonial certificate of competency signed by the Governor.
regulations.
(15) Colonial certificates of competency granted under this section shall be subject to any regulations made under any Order of His Majesty in Council, with respect to the use, delivery, cancellation, and suspension of colonial certificates of competency.
[cf. Orders in Council, 9th May, 1891, and 22nd October, 1906.]
Copy of certificate to be granted in case of loss. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 101.
(16) If a master, mate, or engineer proves, to the satisfaction of the Governor, that he has, without fault on his part, lost or been deprived of a certificate already granted to him under this section, the Governor shall, and in any other case may, on payment of such fee, if any, as he may direct, cause a copy of the certificate to which, by the record kept, he appears to be entitled to be delivered to him, and such copy shall have all the effect of the original.
certificates.
(17) The master of a ship, on signing the agreement with the crew before the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, shall produce to him the certificates of competency which the master, mates, and engineers of the ship are hereby required to hold. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 103.
(18) Every person who-
(a) makes, assists in making, or procures to be made any false representation for the purpose of procuring, either for himself or for any other person, a certificate of competency;
(b) fraudulently uses a certificate or copy of a certificate of competency which has been forged, altered, or cancelled, or suspended, or to which he is not entitled; or
(c) fraudulently lends his certificate of competency or allows it to be used by any other person,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 104.