TO
Copy of certificate to
be granted in case of loss M.S. Act. 1894. s. 101.
Production of certificates.
th. s. 103.]
Shipping of
seamen.
Agreement to be made for seaman
M.S. Act.. 1891, s. 113.
No seamen for be discharged
without sanetion. and due
provision for
maintenance,
Hongkong Port Regulations, &c.
(16.) If a master, mate, or engineer proves to the satisfaction of the Governor, that he has, without fault on his part, lost or been deprived of a certificate already granted to him under this section, the Governor shall, and in any other case may, on payment of such fee, if any, as he may direct, cause a copy of the certificate to which, by the record kept, he appears to be entitled to be delivered to him and such copy shall have all the effect of the original.
(17.) The master of a ship, ou signing the agreement with the crew before the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, shall produce to him the certificates of com- petency which the master, mates, and engineers of the ship are hereby required to hold.
Engagement and Discharge of Seamen.
5.-(2.) No seaman shall, except with the sanction of Harbour Master, be shipped to do duty on board a British or Colonial ship, or any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Consular Officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere than at the Mercantile Marine Office; and the Superintendent shall require such seaman to produce to him his certificate of discharge from the last ship, and, failing to production of such certificate, such seaman shall be bound to give satisfactory explanation to the Harbour Master of the cause of the non-production thereof.
(3.) The master of every British ship, and of every Colonial ship exceeding 60 tons, and of every foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Consular Officer resident in the Colony, shall enter into an agreement with every seaman whom he engages in this Colony, and carries to sea as one of his crew, in the form and manner provided by The Merchant Shipping Acts.
(7.)-(a.). No master shall discharge in this Colony any seaman from any ship, British or Foreign, without the sanction of the Harbour Master or of the Consular Officer, if any, representing the nation to which such ship belongs, and unless due provision is made for the subsistence and maintenance of such seamen, to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master in the case of a
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
British ship or of a Foreign ship whose flag is not repre- sented in the Colony by a Consular Officer, or to the satisfaction of such Consular Officer in the case of a Foreign ship whose flag is so represented; and any master discharging a scaman in contravention of this sub-section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 100 dollars.
(b.) Any seaman being part of the crew of any ship, who wilfully or negligently remains in the Colony after the departure of such ship, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 25 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.
(8.) No seaman shall, except with the sanction of the Harbour Master, be discharged from a British or Colonial ship. or any Foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Consular Officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere than at the Mercantile Marine Office, and every seaman discharged from a Foreign ship so represented, shall, within 24 hours of being discharged at the office of his Consular Officer, produce to the Harbour Master, or some person deputed by him, a certificate of his discharge, signed by such Consular Officer, and shall in default be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twenty-one days.
(11.) If the master or any other person belonging to any British ship wrongfully forces on shore and leaves behind, or otherwise wilfully and wrongfully leaves behind, in this Colony any seaman or apprentice belong- ing to such ship before the completion of the which such seaman or apprentice was engaged, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars or to imprison- ment with or for any term not exceeding 6 months.
voyage
every
for
British
Prorisions, Health and Accommodation. 8.-(1.) The owner, agent, or master of or Colonial ship navigating between this Colony and any place out of the same shall cause to be kept on board such ship a supply of medicines and medical stores, in accord- ance with the scale appropriate to such ship as laid down in the published scales of medicines and medical stores issued by the Board of Trade, and a copy of the book
Penalty on sewman for
wrongfully remaining behind,
Place of discharge.
Penalty for
forcing or leaving seamen on shore.
Ship to carry medicines,
medical stores, etc., in
accordance with scale issued by Board of Trado.
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