MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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in any foreign country, in and about the relief of such seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor may think fit or as a Secretary of State may direct.
Health and accommodation.
medical
with scale
issued by
Board of Trade.
8.(1) The owner, agent, or master of every British ship navigating between the Colony and any place out of the same shall cause to be kept on board such ship a supply of medicines and medical stores, in accordance with the scale appropriate to such ship as laid down in the published scales of medicines and medical stores issued by the Board of Trade, and a copy of the book or books issued by the said Board containing instructions for dispensing the same, and also a sufficient quantity of anti-scorbutics, to be served out to the crew, of proper quality and in accordance with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acts.
(2) The owner, agent, or master of any such ship who wilfully refuses or neglects to provide and keep on board such medicines, medical stores, books of instructions, and anti-scorbutics as are by this section required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the Port to inspect the medicines, medical stores, and anti-scorbutics of any British ship navigating between the Colony and any place out of the same, and, if such articles are deficient in quantity or quality or are placed in improper vessels, he shall give notice to the master of the ship and to the Harbour Master; and the Harbour Master shall, before granting a clearance to such ship, require a certificate from the Health Officer that the default has been remedied, and, if such certificate is not produced, the ship shall be detained until the certificate is produced, and if the ship proceeds to sea, the owner, consignee, or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(4) The master of any ship, before shipping any seaman, may require that such seaman shall be inspected by the Principal Civil Medical Officer, who, on such inspection, shall give a certificate under his hand as to the state of health of such seaman, which certificate such seaman shall produce to undergo inspection.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.