DRAFT
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 17 of the Piracy Proven- tion Ordinance, 1914, Ordinance No. 23 of 1914, on the day of
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The regulations relating to ships exceeding 60 tons, made under the above Ordinance and published on pages 458 to 465 of the Regulations of Ilongkong, 1914, amended as appearing in Government Notification No. 317 of 1922, are hereby rescinded and the following regulations are substituted therefor :-
Ships (exceeding 60 tons).
Officers.
1. It is the duty of the master and other certificated officers to resist to the utter- most any piratical attack. This obligation is imperative and no discretion may he exercised as to whether to resist pirates or not.
2. The appointment or employment of any person as master of any British ship, or of any foreign ship holding a passenger certificate under section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, or of any foreign ship holding a special licence under section 38 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, which is about to proceed or is proceeding on any voyage from Hongkong to Macao, or to any port or place on the Canton River or the West River, shall be subject to the approval of the Governor in Council who shall in his absolute discretion have power to refuse to allow the appointment or employment of any particular person.
3. Officers who for any reason are considered by the Governor in Council to be unfit to take part in the defence of the ship shall not be permitted to sign on the ship's articles, and if they have signed, they shall cease to be employed as officers on the ship.
4. Each certificated officer shall carry one revolver and 25 rounds of ammunition at all times while the ship is in a danger zone, and he shall be familiar with the use of his
weapon,
5. The master shall have complete control of the ship and all on board, and shall not be dictated to or interfered with or suffer himself to be dictated to or interfered with in any way by the owners, agents, charterers, licensees, compradore, pilot or crew in any matter connected in any manner with the repelling of any piratical attack on or on board the ship or with the rendering of assistance to any other ship so attacked or which he may consider to be in need of such assistance.
6. The master shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log-hook a statement or, if there is no official log-hook, cause a record to be kept, of every occasion of any such interference or attempt at interference however slight, and he shall report the same to the Harbour Master at the first opportunity,
7. When the master of any ship has any cause whatever to believe or to consider hat any other ship may be in need of assistance in respect of a piratical attack it shall be his duty to approach such ship as closely as possible, to stand by it, to prevent the access of pirates to or from native craft, to assist in rescue work, to call other ships to the aid of the ship attacked, and to do all such other acts as may be necessary or advisable to assist the said ship in repelling the attack.
8. No certificated officer shall take any part in or be present at the collection of tickets or fares from the passengers,
Construction.
9. Dodgers constructed of bullet proof material shall be erected on the bridge deck aft of the wheel house.
10. A screen not less than three feet high and constructed of bullet proof material shall be erected on the foreside of the bridge across the entire breadth of the bridge deck.
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