MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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sends the ship to sea, if such owner, agent, or person is party or privy to the offence, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
officer detain ship, etc.
(8) Where a ship so proceeding to sea takes to sea, when on board thereof in the execution of his duty, any officer authorised to detain the ship or any surveyor or officer appointed by the Governor, the owner and master of the ship shall each be liable to pay all expenses of and incidental to the officer or surveyor being so taken to sea, and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or, if the offence is not prosecuted summarily, not exceeding fifty dollars for every day until the officer or surveyor returns, or until such time as would enable him, after leaving the ship, to return to the port from which he was taken, and such expenses may be recovered in like manner as the penalty.
exception, etc.
(9) Any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse, or qualification in relation to any offence under the Merchant Shipping Acts or under this Ordinance, whether it does or does not accompany in the same section the description of the offence, may be proved by the defendant, but need not be specified or negatived in any information or complaint, and if so specified or negatived, no proof in relation to the matter so specified or negatived shall be required on the part of the informant or complainant.
articles of agreement
(10) In any proceeding in court against any person for a breach of the provisions of this Ordinance, all entries in the log and official log and the articles of agreement shall be received as evidence, subject to all just exceptions.
Regulations.
evidence.
42.-(1) In addition to the powers hereinbefore given, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations-
(a) for the purpose of prohibiting, restricting, regulating and controlling in any manner whatsoever the embarkation or landing of persons or things on or from vessels of all kinds; and
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924 (See No. 13 of 1917, s. 4 (1)).