670
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
sular officer where proceedings taken in
respect of a foreign ship under Merchant Shipping
Act, 1932, as extended to Colony.
22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 69.
Penalty for
offences not
specially provided
for.
Service of documents. [cf. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 696 (1).]
Obstructing service.
[cf. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 696 (2).]
Power to detain ship in certain
cases.
as extended to the Colony, and where any proceedings are taken under that Act against the master or owner of any such ship, notice shall forthwith be given to the nearest consular officer for the country to which the ship belongs, and such notice shall specify the grounds on which the ship has been detained or the proceedings have been taken.
(4) Where no penalty is specially attached by this Ordinance to the breach or infringement of any provision contained therein, the same shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
two hundred dollars.
(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,