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Production of record.
Peoalty.
M.S. Act. 1906, s. 1.
Act of 1894, Part V.]
Marking of deck lines M.S. Act, 1894, s. 137.
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
record to be kept, of every occasion on which boat drill is practised on board the ship, and on which the life-saving appliances on board the ship have been examined for the purpose of seeing that they are fit and ready for use.
(8.) The master shall, if and when required by any Officer of the Harbour Department, produce for inspection any such entry or record.
(9.) If the master of a ship fails to comply with any requirement of sub-sections (7) and (8) he shall be liable on summary conviction, for each offence to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars.
Provided always that sub-sections (1) to (6) shall, after a day to be hereafter notified by the Colonial Secre- tary in the Government Gazette, apply to all foreign ships while within the waters of the Colony to the same extent as they apply to British ships; Provided also that the said sub-sections shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country with regard to which His Majesty has by Order- in-Council declared that the provisions in force in that country relating to life-saving appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective as those of the Merchant Ship- ping Acts, relating to such appliances on proof that such former provisions are complied with in the case of that ship.
Deck and Loud Lines.
14.--(1.) All ships in the waters of the Colony (except ships under 25 tous not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, ships not trading or plying for hire and ships em- ployed solely as tugs) shall be permanently and conspicu- ously marked with lines of not less than 12 inches in length and inch in breadth, painted longitudinally on each side amidship, or as near thereto as is practicable, and indicating the position of each deck which is above water subject to the following provisions:-
(a.) The upper edge of each of the deck-lines must be level with the upper side of the deck plank next the waterway at the place of marking; and
(b.) The deck-lines must be white or yellow on a
dark ground or black on a light ground.
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
(2) The owner, agent, or master of every ship in the waters of the Colony (except ships under 25 tons not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, ships not trading or ply- ing for hire, and ships employed solely as tugs) shall, before clearing his ship outwards from the Colony, mark upon each of her sides amidships within the meaning of this section or as near thereto as is practicable, in white or yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground, a circular disc 12 inches in diameter, with a horizontal line 18 inches in length drawn through its ceutre subject to the following provisions:-
(a.) The centre of the disc shall be placed at such level as may be approved by the Governor below the deck-line marked under this section and specified in the certificate given there- under, and shall indicate the maximum load- line in salt water to which it shall be lawful to load the ship ; and
(3.) The position of the disc shall be fixed in accordance with the Tables of Freeboard con- tained in Instructions to Surveyors issued by the Board of Trade.
(3.) Any owner or master of a ship (except ships under 25 tons not carrying cargo. pleasure yachts, ships not trading or plying for hire, and ships employed solely as tugs), being within the waters of the Colony, who neglects to cause such ship to be marked with deck and load-lines or to keep her so marked, or who allows such ship to be so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc, and any person who conceals, removes, alters, defaces or obliterates, or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any of the said marks, except in the event of the particn- lars thereby denoted being lawfully altered, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy shall for cach offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.
(4.) If any of the marks required by this section are in any respect inaccurate so as to be likely to mislead, the owner or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.
Marking of load-lines, 47, 5. 138.
Penalty in case of British or
Colonial ship neglecting to
mark lines,
Penalty for
inaccurate
marks.