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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[s. 14 contd.] of a foreign country with regard to which His Majesty in Council has under section 445 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, directed that ships of that country shall not be liable to detention, fine or penalty on proof that such ship has complied with the laws and regulations of that country.
Restrictions on carriage
of dangerous goods.
*
Ordinance No. 1 of 1873.
[cf. No. 17 of 1928, s. 7.]
Penalty for misdescription of dangerous goods.
Power to refuse to carry suspected goods.
Ship carrying dangerous goods and more than 20 passengers.
Dangerous goods.
15.—(1) Every person who sends or attempts to send by, or, not being the owner or master of the ship, carries or attempts to carry in, any ship any dangerous goods as defined by the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the vessel or package containing the same and giving written notice of the nature of such goods, and of the name and address of the sender or carrier thereof, to the owner or master of the ship, at or before the time of sending the same to be shipped or taking the same on board the ship, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars: Provided that if such person shows that he was merely an agent in the shipment of any such goods and was not aware, and did not suspect, and had no reason to suspect that the goods shipped by him were dangerous goods, the fine to which he shall be liable shall not exceed fifty dollars.
(2) Every person who knowingly sends or attempts to send by, or carries or attempts to carry in, any ship any such dangerous goods under a false description, or falsely describes the sender or carrier thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand and five hundred dollars.
(3) The owner or master of any ship may refuse to take on board any package or vessel which he suspects to contain such dangerous goods and may require it to be opened to ascertain the fact.
(4) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to refuse a port clearance to any ship carrying more than twenty passengers, if there are on board any such dangerous goods unless they are enclosed in a substantial compartment exclusively appropriated to the stowage of dangerous goods, or otherwise secured from contact with or damage from any other article or substance carried on board the ship, and so placed and surrounded that they are inaccessible to either the passengers or the crew, except
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.