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[s.37 contd.] Safety valve of unlicensed launch or ferry vessel.
Tusea- worthiness.
Inspection.
Cancellation
or suspen- sion of licence by Harbour Master.
Cancellation or suspen- sion of Ficence by Governor
in Council.
Cancellation
or suspen-
sion of local
competency
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(6) Every person who places on the safety valve of any unlicensed launch or ferry vessel any greater pressure than would have been lawful if the launch or ferry vessel had been surveyed immediately before the occurrence of the alleged offence and had been licensed under this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(7) Every owner, agent, charterer or master of any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat who permits such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat to ply while in an unseaworthy or unsafe condition, whether by reason of overloading or from any other cause whatsoever, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or the Govern- ment Marine Surveyor or any person authorized thereto by the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor to go on board any launch. ferry vessel or motor boat at any time for the purpose of inspecting such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat, and no person shall obstruct any such inspection.
(9) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, the licence of any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat if the Government Marine Surveyor reports to him that from any cause the said launch, ferry vessel or motor boat is unfit for the service for which such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat is intended, or if at any time he ceases to approve of the sureties to any bond given under the provisions of any regulation made under this section, or if from any other cause any such bond is or becomes invalid or ceases to be in force.
(10) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, for any cause which he may think fit, to cancel any launch, ferry vessel o motor boat licence or to suspend it for any period.
(11) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, any local certificate of competency certificate of issued by virtue of the provisions of this section, if it is proved to his satisfaction after due inquiry that the holder of the certificate has been guilty of any incompetency or negligence in the performance of his duties as master or engineer as the case may be.
by Harbour
Master,
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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sion of local
(12) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, for Cancellation any cause which he may think fit, to cancel any local certificate or suspen- issued by virtue of the provisions of this section or to suspend certificate of it for any period.
competency by Governor in Council.
(13) If, upon the cancellation or suspension of any such Delivery up licence or certificate, the licensee, or the holder of the certificate of licence as the case may be, or any person in possession of such licence
or certificate
upon
or suspen-
or certificate, fails to deliver up the licence or certificate to the cancellation Harbour Master forthwith upon demand he shall be guilty of an sion, offence against this Ordinance.
(14) No master or other person in charge of any launch, Disobedi ferry vessel or motor boat shall disobey any lawful order of the ence of order Harbour Master.
of Harbour Master.
(15) The provisions of this section, other than sub-sections Exemption. (11) and (16), shall not apply to launches, ferry vessels or motor boats which are the property of His Majesty or of any foreign
state.
57 & 58 Vict.
(16) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as Collision exempting launches, ferry vessels or motor boats from compliance regulations. with the regulations for the prevention of collisions which are c, 60, s. 418. in force in the Colony under or by virtue of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.
River steamers.
38.(1) Every passenger certificate issued to a river steamer Regulations shall specify the number of passengers which she may lawfully
carry.
as to passenger certificates for river
*
(2) Such number shall be subject to such conditions as the steamers. Governor in Council may direct by regulations.
Regulations Table F.
(3) The owner or master of any river steamer leaving or entering the waters of the Colony with passengers on board in excess of the number authorized by her passenger certificate shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and, in addition, to a fine not exceeding five dollars for every passenger on board in excess of the number authorized by her passenger certificate.
* As amended by No. 28 of 1935 [1.7.35].
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