Certificate of Jicepos
eequired by
Thip in water of the
Colony:
Qualifica- tions for holding certificate a!
colonial registry.
Declaration necessary
registry.
for colonial
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MERCHANT SHIPPING.
on the East a north and south line drawn through the Fow-
tomoon Pass;
on the West a north and south line drawn through the
Capsuimoon Pass; and
on the South-an east and west line drawn through the centre of Lochau or Beaufort Island, and continued until it meets the east and west boundaries: "Port of the Colony" and "port" where by the context a port out of the Colony is not indicated, means such place in the waters of the Colony as the Governor may declare by notification to be a port:
"The Harbour Master" includes any person deputed or author. ised by the Harbour Master to execute any power or perform any duty vested in or imposed upon hita by this Ordinance:
"International Collision Regulations" means the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea made under the Merchant Shipping Acts:
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The Merchant Shipping Acts means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and al Acts amending the same, and all regulations made thereunder.
PART I REGISTRY.
3. (1) Every ship trading in or from the waters of the Colony must be provided with either-
(a) a certificate of registry in conformity with the Merchant Ship- ping Acts; or
(b) a certificate of colonial registry under this Part; or
(a) a certificate of foreign registry or other document similar or equivalent to that required in the case of a British or colonial ship;
or,
(d) in the case of a steamship not exceeding 60 tons, a licence under section 37.
(2) The Governor may, at his discretion, grant a certificate of colonial registry as hereinafter provided to any ship owned wholly by any person or body corporate qualified to be the owner of & British ship as described in section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act,
1894.
[para. rep. No. 2 of 1908, s. 2.]
(8) When any person as aforesaid is desirous of obtaining a certificate of colonial registry for any ship, he shall forward to the Colonial Secretary an application therefor, together with a declara- tion in writing stating that the ship for which such registry is
* As amended by No. 2 of 1908, No. 80 of 1911, No. 50 of 1081,
No. 16 of 1912 and No. 17 of 1919.
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sought is intended to be employed solely in voyages with China: s.,
contd.] Provided always, that if such declaration is false, or the colonial ship to which it relates is not employed in conformity with it, the registry thereby obtained shall ipso facto become null and void.
(4) A certificate of colonial registry shall be issued by the Documenta Registrar of Shipping on production to him of the following for colonial
registry. documents:-
necessary
(a) the surveyor's certificate as hereinafter provided;
(b) a declaration of ownership, with proof thereof, to the satisfac- tion of the Registrar of Shipping.
[para. rep. No. 2 of 1903, s. 2.]
(5) The surveyor's certificate referred to in the last anb-section Surveyor's certificate. shall be a certificate granted by the Government Marine Surveyor specifying the proper measurement of the ship, the particulars descriptive of her identity, that such ship has proper anchors and chains, that the boiler and machinery (if a steamship) and the sails (if a sailing ship) are in good condition, and that she is, in all respects, strongly built and properly equipped for the trade for which she is intended.
(6) Et shall not be lawful for the owner of any colonial ship to Marking of
ship. give her any name other than that of her registry. Such name shall, before registry, be painted in white or yellow letters, not less than 4 inches long, upon some conspicuous part of her stern and on each bow, in a distinct and legible manner, and shall be so kept and preserved. A scale of feet denoting her draught of water shall also be marked on each side of ber stem and of her stern post, in such manner as the Government Marine Surveyor may approve. For the breach of any of the provisions of this sub-section, the owner, or (in the absence of the owner from the Colony) the master, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.
of certificate
(7) The certificate of registry of every colonial ship shall be Production
pro- duced once at least every 6 months to the Harbour Master, who of colonial shall indorse the date of such production thereon. On failure of registry to such production, such certificate may be forfeited, unless satisfac- Master. tory cause for such non-production is shown to the Harbour Master.
Harbout
register, etc.
(8) Every register, certificate, indorsement, declaration or bond Proof of authorised or required by this section may be proved in any Court or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of the original, or by