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steamship. and owner,
etc., to give
information.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
particulars of and the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of every ship surveyed by him or them; and every owner, master, and engineer of any such ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyor or surveyors all such information and assistance within his power as he or they may require for the purpose of such returns; and every such owner, master, or engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such information or assistance shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars.
Punishment for falsa declaration.
Report to Harbour Master of accident to
passenger
ship.
M.8. Act, 1804, 6. 425.
Further penalties
for non-
compliance with provi. sions relating to passenger
surveys and certificatos.
Pentities for carrying passengers in excess of complement.
(22) If any person knowingly and wilfully makes, or assists in making, or procures to be made a false or fraudulent declaration of survey or passenger ship's certificate, he shall, in respect of each offence, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
any
(23) When any passenger ship has sustained or caused any accident occasioning loss of life or has received
material damage affecting her seaworthiness or her efficiency, either in her hull or in any part of her machinery, the master shall, within 24 hours after the happening of the accident or damage, or as soon thereafter as possible, report the same by letter to the Harbour Master, and in default, without reasonable cause therefor, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.
(24) If the provisions of this Part, which require a passenger ship to be surveyed and to have a passenger certificate, are not complied with in the case of any such ship the master or owner shall, without prejudice to any other remedy or penalty under this Ordinance, be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars for every passenger carried from or to any place in the waters of the Colony.
(25) The owner or master of any passenger ship shall not receive or have on board thereof or on or in any part thereof at any place within the waters of the Colony any number of passengers which having regard to the time, occasion, and circumstances of the case is greater than the number allowed by the passenger certificate, and if he does so he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 200 dollars, and also to an additional fine not exceeding 5 dollars for every passenger above the number so allowed.
General Equipment.
Equipment of 11 (1) Every passenger ship of which a survey is required by passenger
the last section shall,-
ship,
• As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 60 of 1911, No. 10 of 1912
and No. 17 of 1912.
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(a) be provided (if a steamship) with a safety valve upon each is. 11
contd.] boiler, so constructed as to be out of the control of the engineer Batety valve. when the steam is up, and, if such valve is in addition to the ordinary valve, it shall be so constructed as to have an area not less, and a pressure not greater, than the area of and pressure on that valve:
of compasses.
(b) have her compasses properly adjusted from time to time, such Adjustment adjustment to be made to the satisfaction of the Government surveyor or surveyors and according to such regulations as may be issued by the Governor;
(c) be provided with a hose adapted for the purpose of extinguish- Fire hose. ing fire in any part of the ship and capable of being connected with the engines of the ship;
(d) be provided with means for making the signals of distress at Siguals. night specified in article 31 of the International Collision Regula- tions, including a proper supply of lights inextinguishable in water and fitted for attachment to life buoys; and
deck
c. 104.
(e) be provided (if a ship not coming within the provisions of Shelter for the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, or of the Chinese Emigration passengers. Ordinance, 1889), with such shelter for the protection of deck 15 20 Vict. passengers, if any, as the Governor, having regard to the nature of the passage, the number of deck passengers to be carried, the season of the year, the safety of the ship, and the circumstances of the case, may require.
(2) If any such passenger ship as aforesaid goes to sea from any Penalty for inadequato port in the Colony without being so provided as hereinbefors equipment. required, then, for each default in any of the above requisites, the owner shall (if he appears to be in fault) be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, and the master shall (if he appears to be
in fault) be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars.
(3) If any requirement of this section or of Table D in the In case of
non-compli. schedule is not complied with in the case of any passenger ship, ance Harbour the Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance, and if any such ship Master to attempts to go to sea without a clearance, the Harbour Master may clearance. detain her.
refose
Table D.
(4) If any person places an undue weight on the safety valve of Penalty for
inproper any steamship or increases auch weight beyond the limits fixed by weight on the Government surveyor, he shall, in addition to any other safety valve. liabilities, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.
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