MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
619
declaration of the surveyor or surveyors that such ship is not fit to [s. 10 contd.] ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the surveyor or surveyors, such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing (if necessary) between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of the year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, and other circumstances as the case may require.
(10A) Any such certificate may be signed on behalf of the Governor by any person authorized by him for the purpose, and a certificate purporting to be so signed shall be admissible in evidence in like manner as if it had been signed by the Governor.
(11) Such certificate in duplicate, when completed, shall be delivered by the Harbour Master to the owner, agent, or master applying for the same and paying the balance of the fee and other sums, if any, payable in that behalf.
(12) If a ship-owner feels aggrieved—
(a) by a declaration of a surveyor or surveyors under this section, or by the refusal of a surveyor to give the said declaration; or
(b) by the refusal of a certificate of clearance for an emigrant ship under the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, or the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915; or
22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 15 (4).
Delivery of certificate in duplicate.
Appeal to Court of Survey.
[cf. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 275 (1).]
18 & 19 Vict. c. 104.
Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.
(c) by the refusal of a certificate of clearance under this Ordinance,
the owner, agent, master, or charterer may appeal, in the manner prescribed by the regulations in Table H in the Regulations, to a Court of Survey constituted under this Ordinance, and, upon the constitution thereof by the Governor, 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.
(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 [cf. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 275 (2).]
Report of Court of Survey.