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2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires →
"Advisory Board" means the Seamen's Recruiting Advisory Board
established by section 5:
"Authority" means the Seamen's Recruiting Authority;
"Board of Reference" means a Board of Reference constituted under
section 16;
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"company" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Companies Ordinance and also means a company incorporated outside the Colony which has established a place of business within the Colony;
"crew department list" means the list kept in a licensed crew department pursuant to subsection (1) of section 37 or the list kept by the Deputy Naval Store Officer pursuant to subsection (1) of section 75% "fishing vessel" means any ship employed in sea fishing, but does not
include a ship employed in whale üshing:
"foreign-going ship" does not include any ship employed exclusively in trading or going between any port of the Colony and any place or places situated within the following limits, that is to say--
(a) to the east, meridian 114° 30′ cast:
(b) to the south. parallel 22° 09′ north; and
(c) to the west, meridian 113° 31′ cast,
but save as aforesaid includes any foreign-going ship of any flag whatsoever whether or not the ship calls at any port of the Colony,
"junk" includes any ship of Chinese or other Asiatic build, construction
or rig.
“legal officer" has the meaning that it has for the purposes of the Legal
Officers Ordinance;
"licensed company" means any company holding a valid licence to maintain a crew department granted under subsection (1) of sec- tion 47;
"licensed crew department" means the crew department maintained by
a licensed company:
"lighter" includes any barge or other vessel normally used within the waters of the Colony for the transport of cargo or in the construc- tion or maintenance of harbour and other works;
"lorcha" includes any ship-
(a) of European build and construction, but of Chinese or other
Asiatic rig; or
(b) of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction, but of
European rig:
"panel" means the panel appointed under section 15:
"pleasure craft" means any ship not employed in trading for profit;
"prescribed" means prescribed by the Authority under section 88;
"register" means the register kept pursuant to section 6;
"registered address" means the address of a seaman recorded in the
register pursuant to subsection (2) of section 12:
“seaman" means—
(a) any person who is, or is to be, engaged for or employed in service at sea in a ship in any capacity other than that of master, mate, engineer, radio or electrical officer, doctor, purser, writer, nurse, sick berth attendant, stewardess, musician, cadet, apprentice, compradore or tallyman or otherwise than as a member of the staff of a compradors or tallyman; and (b) any person who, if engaged for or employed in service at sea in a ship. would be engaged for or employed in such service therein in any capacity other than that of master, mate, engineer, radio or electrical officer, purser, doctor, writer, nurse, sick berth attendant, stewardess, musician, cadet, apprentice, compradore or tallyman or otherwise than as a member of the staff of a compradore or tallyman;
"Seamen's Recruiting Office" means the Seamen's Recruiting Office
established pursuant to subsection (1) of section 4;
"ship" means every ship or boat, or other description of vessel used in navigation, not propelled by cars, other than a fishing vessel, junk. lighter, korcha or pleasure craft;
"Superintendent" means the public officer appointed under subsection (2) of section 4 to be the Superintendent of the Seamen's Recruiting Office.
(2) Any drug which is a dangerous drug for the purposes of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall be a dangerous drug for the purposes (Cap. 134). of this Ordinance.