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further declaration of survey before he re-issues the certificate or issues a fresh one in place thereof.
28. (1) The Director may require any certificate issued under this Part which has expired or has been cancelled to be delivered up as he directs.
(2) Any owner or master who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
29. (1) Subject to subsection (2) the Director may grant an extension of any certificate issued under this Part in respect of a ship registered in Hong Kong for a period not exceeding 1 month from the date when the certificate would, but for the extension, have expired, or, if the ship is absent from Hong Kong on that date, for a period not exceeding 5 months from that date.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), where a certificate under section 21 is in force in respect of a ship and the certificate was issued for a shorter period than is allowed under section 26(3), the Director may, if satisfied on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of the ship that it is proper to do so, grant an extension of the certificate for a period not exceeding 1 year, and not exceeding, together with the period for which it was issued and any period by which it has been previously extended under this subsection, the longest period for which it could have been issued under section 26(3).
30. (1) Any general safety certificate or short voyage safety certificate, whether qualified or not, may be combined in one document with a passenger certificate.
(2) Any certificate issued by the Director under this Part may be signed on his behalf 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 Director.
31. (1) The Director may request the government of a country to which the Convention applies to issue in respect of a ship registered in Hong Kong any certificate the issue of which is authorized under this Ordinance; and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request and containing a statement that it has been so issued shall have effect for the purposes of this Part as if it had been issued by the Director and not by the government of that country.
(2) Where a government is willing to issue, pursuant to a request under subsection (1), a qualified certificate in respect of a ship but is not willing to issue the corresponding exemption certificate, the Director may issue that exemption certificate in respect of the ship.
Delivery up of certificates.
Extension of certificates.
Miscellaneous provisions.
Issue of certificate at request of Director.
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