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[s. 41 contd.] Penalty for
offences
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(4) Where no penalty is specially attached by this Ordinance to the breach or infringement of any provision not specially contained therein, the same shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Service of documents.
Obstructing service.
Power to detain ship in certain
cases.
(5) (a) Where, for the purposes of this Ordinance, any document is to be served on any person, that document may be served-
(i) in any case by delivering a copy thereof personally to the person to be served, or by leaving the same at his last place of abode; and,
(ii) if the document is to be served on the master of a ship, where there is one, or on a person belonging to a ship, by leaving the same for him on board that ship with the person being or appearing to be in command or charge of the ship; and,
(iii) if the document is to be served on the master of a ship, where there is no master, and the ship is in the Colony, on the managing owner of the ship, or, if there is no managing owner, on some agent of the owner residing in the Colony, or, where no such agent is known or can be found, by affixing a copy thereof to the mast of the ship.
(b) Every person who obstructs the service of any document on the master of a ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and if the owner, agent, or master of the ship is party or privy to such obstruction, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(6) Where under this Ordinance it is enacted that, under certain conditions, a ship shall not leave the waters of or any port of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, under such conditions, to detain the ship until he is satisfied that the provisions of the law have been fulfilled.
Penalty for taking detained ship
to sea,
(7) Where under this Ordinance a ship is authorised or ordered to be detained, if the ship, after such detention or after service on the master of any notice of or order for such detention, proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea before having been released by competent authority, the master of the ship, and also the owner or agent, and any person who