British river Bleamer no
exceeding 60 tons. Scgulations Table 5.
Local
or motor
Ferry ressick.
Ship leaving withour certificated officers or clearance.
Pronity of employment of uncerti ficated person.
Examination for certifi
Rules for
(6) Every British river steamer not exceeding sixty tons shall comply with the regulations contained in Table E in the Regulations, and shall be provided with a master who possesses a local certificate of com- petency from the Director of Marine and also with an engineer who possesses a like certificate.
(7) Every steam or motor vessel which plies as a ferry between two or more points within the Colony shall comply with the regulations contained in Table E in the Regulations for the time being in force and shall be provided with a master who possesses a local certificate of competency from the Director of Marine and also with an engineer who possesses a like certificate.
(8) The master of every British ship and of avery foreign ship bolding a passenger certificate under section 10, leaving or attempting to leave any port of the Colony without having on board, and entered on the register and articles of agreement, officers possessing the certificates required by this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars; and it shall be lawful for the Director of Marine to refuse a port clearance to any British chip, or to any foreign ship holding a passenger certificate under section 10, in case of non-compliance with the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (0) of this section; and if any ship to which this sub-section refers leaves or attempts to leave any port of the Colony without a clearance, the master thereof shall be liable to a fime not exceeding one thousand dollara.
(9) Every person who, having been engaged in any of the capacities mentioned in sub-section (3) or (6) in any such ship as aforesaid, goes to sea in that capacity without being entitled to and possessed of ench certificate as is required by this section, and every person who employs any person in any of the above capacities in such ship without ascertaining that he is entitled to or possessed of such certificate as is required by this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(10) Examinations shall be instituted for per- sons who wish to proente colonial certificates of com- petency as masters, mates or ongineers in the mercantile marine.
(11) The Governor in Council may lay down examinations. rules as to the conduct of such examinations and as to
[of. 45 the qualifications of the applicants, and such rules shall
Geo. 5. $47. 0.1.]
be strictly adhered to by all examinera.
Applicant for certificate
To give
notece k Asaistant Director of
Macine (Ship Surveys).
Fees to be paid by applicant.
Certificate to
be given to successful candidate.
Certificate bo be subject to regulationu.
14. Orders in Council, gth May, 189, and 320k October,
1504.]
Copy of certificare
in que of Loss
(13) When any person is desirous of obtaining
a colonial certificate of competency as master, first, second, or only mate, or engineer in the mercantile marine, he shall apply in the prescribed form to the Assistant Director of Marine (Ship Surveys), and present himself for examination by the examiners appointed by the Governor, when directed to do so.
(13) Every applicant for a colonial certificate of competency shall, on lodging his application, pay to the Marine Department the fees prescribed in the rules for the conduct of examinations.
(14) Every applicant who has passed a satis- factory examination, and has given satisfactory evidence of his subriety, experience and general good conduct on board ship, shall be entitled to receive, on the recom- mendation of the Assistant Director of Marine (Ship Surveys), a colonial certificate of competency signed by the Governor.
(15) Colonial certificates of competency granted under this section shall be subject to any regulations made under any Order of His Majesty in Council, with respect to the use, delivery, cancellation and suspension of colonial certificates of competency.
(16) If a master, mate or engineer proves, tợ 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 57 * 58 Vier 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 bo delivered to him; and such copy shall have all the effect of the original.
6.60, 6.101.
Production of testificates,
(17) The master of a ship, on signing the 578 agreement with the crew before the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, shall produce to him the certificates of competency which the master, mates and engineers of the ship are hereby required to hold.
2.60, $103.
Forgery of ocrtificate.
57 * 58 Vict. 0.60, 3.104.
(18) Every person who-
(a) makes, assists in unking or procures to be made any false representation for the purpose of procuring, either for himself or for any other person, a certificate of competency; or
(b) fraudulently uses a certificate or copy of a certificate of competency which has been forged, altered, cancelled or suspended, or to which he is not entitled; or