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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[s. 10 contd.] such court may make such order with respect to the costs of any such investigation as it thinks fit, and such costs shall be paid accordingly, and shall be recoverable in the same manner as costs in summary proceedings before any magistrate.
Report of Court of Survey.
Costs.
No appeal in certain case.
Objections to constitution of Court.
Schedule. Table II.
Fees to be paid for certificate. Schedule.
Table C.
Duration of certificate.
(13) On such appeal, the Court of Survey shall report to the Governor on the question raised by the appeal, and the Governor, when satisfied that the requirements of the report and the provisions of the enactments have been complied with, may give the certificates required.
(14) Subject to any order made by the Court of Survey, the costs of and incidental to an appeal under this section shall follow the event.
(15) Where the survey of a ship is made for the purpose of a declaration under sub-section (8), the person appointed to make the survey shall, if so required by the owner, agent, or charterer, be accompanied on the survey by some competent person appointed by the owner, agent, or charterer, to be approved by the Governor, and in such case, if the said two persons agree, there shall be no appeal to the Court of Survey in pursuance of this section.
(16) It shall be lawful for the owner, agent, master, or charterer of any ship preferring an appeal under this section or under section 17 (5) (d) or (e), in and by the notice of appeal required by the regulations in the said Table H, to give notice that he objects to the marine magistrate being a member of the Court of Survey, stating the grounds of his objection, and thereupon the Harbour Master shall forthwith forward such notice to the Governor, who may, in his discretion, direct that the marine magistrate shall not be a member of the Court of Survey.
(17) The owner, agent, or master of every ship requiring a certificate under this section shall pay for every certificate granted by the Governor the fees mentioned in Table C in the Schedule.
(18) No certificate shall be held to be in force for the purposes of this section beyond a period of twelve months from the date of its issue or any shorter time specified in the certificate; and no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor to the owner, agent, or master of the ship to which the same relates that he has cancelled or revoked it.