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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[s. 10 contd.]
22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 9 (2).
Statement in declaration if ship is fit to ply in a special passenger trade only. 22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 2 (3).
Transmission of declarations to Colonial Secretary.
[cf. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 273.]
Issue of certificate. [cf. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 274.]
(vi) that the certificates of the engineer or engineers of the ship are such as are required by law; and
(c) in the case only of ships required by law, to be provided with a wireless telegraph installation, a declaration of a Government wireless telegraphy surveyor containing statements of the following particulars:-
(i) the voyages or class of voyages on which, as regards wireless telegraphy, the ship is fit to ply;
(ii) that, having regard to the tonnage of the ship and the voyages or class of voyages on which she is declared to be fit to ply, the wireless telegraph installation complies with the wireless telegraphy rules;
(iii) that the certificates of the wireless telegraphy operators and watchers are such as are required by those rules.
(8A) If in the judgment of any such surveyor a passenger ship is fit to ply on international voyages while engaged in a special passenger trade only, his declaration of survey shall state that fact.
(9) The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such declarations to the Colonial Secretary within fourteen days after the dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars for every day that the sending of such declarations is delayed; and such sum shall be paid on the delivery of the certificate hereinafter mentioned, in addition to the fee payable for the same, and shall be applied in the same manner as such fees; and if the declarations are not transmitted to the Colonial Secretary within twenty-eight days, the fees and forfeitures shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.
(10) On receipt of such declarations, and if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been complied with, the Governor may, if in his absolute discretion he thinks fit to do so, cause a passenger certificate in duplicate to be prepared and issued to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with; and such certificate shall state the limits, if any, beyond which, according to the
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