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If the conviction was under the Merchant
Shipping Act, section 419 (2) (which I assume applies to the Colonies), the proceedings would have been under section 41(2)(a) of Ordinance No.10 of 1899, and
under section 41(2)(c) an appeal would lie under the
provisions of sections 98 and 103 of Ordinance No.3 of
1890, as amended by section 17 of Ordinance No.23 of
1927, on any question of law, jurisdiction, or fact,
but not apparently against sentence. The appeal,
however, must be lodged within seven days: the time
for appealing therefore expired long ago.
The International Collision Regulations,
mentioned in Ordinance No.10 of 1899, Table "M",
paragraph 6, are the same regulations as are mentioned in section 419(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act (see
definition in section 2 of the Ordinance); but if the
conviction was in respect of an offence against
paragraph 6 of Table "M", and not under the Merchant
Shipping Act, different considerations arise. It
seems that, under section 40(3) of the Interpretation Ordinance (No.31 of 1911), references in Ordinance
No.10 of 1899 to "this Ordinance" should be construed
as