Procedure on engagement of seaman recnaited
through Seaman's Recruiting Office for service in Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship.
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(ii) the re-engagement card delivered to the Superintendent pursuant to subsection (1) of section 40 in respect of each seaman re-engaged for service in that ship, which shall contain. in addition to the particulars entered therein pursuant to the said subsection (1) of section 40, particulars of the date on which the seaman was so re-engaged; and
(iii) a notice in the prescribed form specifying the total number of such seamen engaged for service in that ship and containing such other particulars as may be required thereby: and
(6) pay to the Superintendent in respect of cach such seaman
engaged for service in that ship a fee of four dollars.
(2) In the event of a contravention of subsection (1), the owner or charterer of the ship, and the agent of the owner or charterer, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.
42. (1) When a seaman who has been selected for service în a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship after he has been supplied for selection for service in a foreign-going ship by the Seamen's Recruiting Office or after he has offered himself for selection for such service when permitted to do so by the Superintendent under section 37 signs the articles of agreement for service in that ship or enters into any other agreement (including an agreement known as a transit agreement) for service there- in, there shall be produced to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office at the time the seaman signs the articles of agreement or other agreement for service-
(a) the engagement card issued to the seaman under subsection (3)
of section 38; and
(b) the seaman's Hong Kong seaman's discharge book.
and thereafter the seaman shall deliver the engagement card to the Deputy Naval Store Officer.
(2) When all the seamen who have been selected for service in a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship after they have been supplied for selection for service in that ship by the Seamen's Recruiting Office or after they have offered themselves for selection for such service when permitted to do so by the Superintendent under section 37 have been engaged for such service, the Deputy Naval Store Officer shall, as soon as practicable thereafter and at the same time-
(a) deliver to the Superintendent-
()the engagement card issued under subsection (3) of section 38 to each such seaman engaged for service in that ship; and
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(1) a notice in the prescribed form specifying the total number of such seamen engaged for service in that ship and containing such other particulars as may be required thereby: and
(b) pay to the Superintendent in respect of each such seaman
engaged for service in that ship a fes of four dollars.
(3) A scanian who without reasonable excuse fails or refuses to deliver the engagement card to the Deputy Naval Store Officer in accordance with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.
intended
43. (1) When under section 37 the Superintendent permits a sea- Procedure man to offer himself for service in a foreign-going ship, he shall issue where Super- the scaman with an emergency engagement card in the prescribed formı, permits and thereupon the seaman shall, if so required by the Superintendent, Seaman te pay to him a fee of four dollars.
offer himself for service in a foreign-
(2) When a scaman to whom an emergency engagement card has going ship been issued under subsection (1) signs the articles of agreement for other than d
Royal Fleet service in that ship or enters into any other agreement for service Auxiliary therein-
ship.
(a) there shall be produced-
(1) to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office or the consular officer, as the case may be; or
(ii) if the articles of agreement or other agreement for service are not signed by the seaman in the presence of the Super- intendeat of the Mercantile Marine Office or the consular officer, to the master of the ship.
at the time the seaman signs the articles of agreement or other agreement for service-
(iii) the emergency engagement card issued to the seaman under subsection (1); and
(iv) the seaman's Hong Kong seaman's discharge book; and (6) the seaman shall pay to the master, owner or charterer of the ship, or the agent of the master, owner or charterer, a fee of four dollars, unless, pursuant to a requirement of the Super- intendent under subsection (1), such fee has been paid to the Superintendent,
and thereafter the seaman shall deliver the emergency engagement card to the master, owner or charterer of the ship or the agent of the master, owner or charterer.