1986 Ed.]
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(b) where the cost is incurred in respect of a vessel, under section 55 as if the cost represented port dues payable in respect of the vessel; or
(c) where the cost incurred in respect of a vessel to which Part IV applies cannot for any reason be recovered under paragraph (a) or (b) or where there is no owner of the vessel, by sale of the vessel and applying the proceeds in payment of the cost and the balance (if any), after deducting any reasonable expense incurred in the sale, shall be paid to the person who satisfies the Director that he is entitled to the balance.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the cost of any action taken or caused to be taken under this section shall include all disbursements and other expenses incurred thereby by the Director.
63. The Director may, on application made to him in such manner as he may determine or on his own initiative, exempt any person or any vessel or any type, class or description of vessel from any requirement under this Ordinance, subject to such terms and conditions as the Director may specify.
64. (1) Where it is provided under this Ordinance that no person shall do, or cause or permit to be done, any specified act without the permission of the Director, the Director may-
(a) on application made to him in such manner as he may determine; and
(b) on payment to him of the prescribed fee (if any),
permit the specified act to be done subject to such terms and conditions as he may specify generally or in any particular case.
(2) Except where this Ordinance provides for a written permission, a permission under this Ordinance may be granted orally or by means of signals.
(3) A written permission granted under this Ordinance shall
(a) be kept on the vessel or at the place in which the act in respect of which the permission is required is being done; and (b) produced for inspection by the Director, an authorized officer, or by any other officer appointed for the purposes of this Ordinance, on demand or within such time and at such place as the Director or such officer may specify.
(4) If any person to whom a written permission is granted under this Ordinance without reasonable excuse fails to comply with subsection (3)(a) or to produce it under subsection (3)(b), he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
(5) A permission granted under this Ordinance may be withdrawn or cancelled by the Director-
Director's general power of exemption.
Director's permission to do restricted acts.
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