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Clause 9, dealing with the apprehension of seainen for
various offences, should be more in harmony with Sec-
tion 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, That Section
however deals with desertion only, while this sub-
clause 6 deals with offences which do not come under
recessarily Section 238 and must therefore go beyond that Sec-
A
tion (as it does in giving power to the Magistrates
to hand over offenders to a Consul). I imagine the
Ordinance is not bound to be confined within the lim-
its of Section 238, and the Solicitor to the Board of
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Trade certainly says the powers "may be convenient."
Perhaps therefore we may express concurrence with the
views of the Solicitor and say we have no objection
to
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