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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(7) Every owner or master of any launch or motor boat who permits such launch or motor boat to ply while in an unseaworthy or unsafe condition by reason of overloading or from any other cause shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
Inspection.
Cancellation of licence by Harbour Master.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor or any person authorised thereto by the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor to go on board any launch or motor boat at any time for the purpose of inspecting such launch or motor boat, and no person shall obstruct any such inspection.
(9) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, the licence of any launch or motor boat if the Government Marine Surveyor reports to him that from any cause the said launch or motor boat is unfit for the service for which such launch or motor boat is intended, or if at any time he ceases to approve of the sureties to any bond given under the provisions of any regulation made under this section, or if from any other cause any such bond is or becomes invalid or ceases to be in force.
Cancellation or suspension by Governor in Council.
(10) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, for any cause which he may think fit, to cancel any launch or motor boat licence or to suspend it for any period.
Cancellation or suspension of local certificate of competency by Harbour Master.
(11) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, any local certificate of competency issued by virtue of the provisions of this section, if it is proved to his satisfaction after due inquiry that the holder of the certificate has been guilty of any incompetency or negligence in the performance of his duties as master or engineer, as the case may be.
Cancellation or suspension of local certificate of competency by Governor in Council.
(12) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, for any cause which he may think fit, to cancel any local certificate issued by virtue of the provisions of this section or to suspend it for any period.
Delivery up of licence or certificate upon cancellation or suspension.
(13) If upon the cancellation or suspension of any such licence or certificate, the licensee, or the holder of the certificate, as the case may be, or any person in possession of such licence or certificate, fails to deliver up the licence or certificate to the Harbour Master forthwith upon demand, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.