MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
933
Provided that, in the case of a foreign ship, the magistrate may only deal with cases arising out of the offences mentioned in paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g); Provided also that, if there is a consular officer resident in the Colony of the nation to which such ship belongs, the magistrate shall not deal with any case, unless he is requested to do so by such officer in writing, and unless such officer undertakes that any such seaman shall not become a charge on the Colony in consequence of being so dealt with.
(6) All expenses incidental to the apprehension and payment of confinement of any seaman or apprentice under this section shall be payable by the master of the ship to which such seaman or apprentice belongs and be recoverable from him, at the suit of the Captain Superintendent of Police, as a debt due to the Government; and the subsistence money for every such seaman or apprentice confined in prison shall be paid in advance to the Superintendent of Prisons, and, in default of such payment, the Superintendent of Prisons may release such seaman or apprentice: Provided that every seaman or apprentice imprisoned under this section may, by direction of the committing magistrate, be sent on board his ship or may be placed at the disposal of the consular officer at whose request he dealt with the case, on the written application of such officer, either on or before the expiration of his term of imprisonment.
PART III.
PASSENGER SHIPS.
Surveys.
10. (1) In this Part, "passenger ship" means every ship exceeding sixty tons register carrying passengers from, to, or between places in the waters of the Colony.
(2) Every passenger ship which carries more than twelve passengers shall be surveyed once at least in each year in the manner provided in this section, except-
(a) British ships which have from the United Kingdom or from any British possession passenger certificates or survey and other certificates equivalent to those required under this section, the same being in force and applicable,
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.