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Store Officer, the card may be retained by him or delivered to the

seamman.

(2) When such seaman signs the articles of agreement for service in that ship or enters into any other agreement for service therein, there shall be produced—

(a) to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office; or (b) if the articles of agreement or other agreement for service are not signed by the scaman in the presence of the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, to the master of the ship.

at the time the seaman signs the articles of agreement or other agree- ment for service-

(i) the emergency engagement card completed in respect of the

scaman pursuant to subsection (1); and

(ii) the scaman's Hong Kong scaman's discharge book. and thereafter, if the emergency engagement card was delivered to the seaman under subsection (1), the seaman shall return it to the Deputy Naval Store Officer.

(3) As soon as practicable after a seaman who has been supplied by the Deputy Naval Store Officer for service in a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship pursuant to subsection (3) of section 74 has been engaged for service in that ship, the Deputy Naval Store Officer shall at the same time-

(a) deliver to the Superintendent-

(i) the emergency engagement card completed in respect of the seaman pursuant to subsection (1); and

(ii) a notics in the prescribed form containing such partic- ulars with respect to the engagement of the seaman as may be required thereby and a statement of the reason for the supplying of the seaman pursuant to subsection (3) of section 74; and

(8) pay to the Superintendent in respect of the seaman the fee of

eight dollars payable under subsection (1) of section 80.

(4) A notice delivered to the Superintendent pursuant to sub- paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) may be delivered in respect of more than one seaman.

(5) A seaman who, without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to return the emergency engagement card to the Deputy Naval Store Officer in accordance with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.

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85. Within seven days after the last day of each month, the Deputy Particulars Naval Store Officer shall deliver to the Superintendent a notice in the of seaman prescribed form containing such particulars in relation to seamen Deputy Naval supplied by him for service in Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships during that Store Officer month as may be required by such form.

to be delivered to Super- Incendent.

86. (1) The method or methods used in the crew department Approval of managed by the Deputy Naval Store Officer to pay to persons in whose methods used

in Cree favour allotments or remittances are made by seamen supplied by the department Deputy Naval Store Officer for service in Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships manged by shall be such as the Authority has approved.

Deputy Naval Store Ofcer to pay

(2) At all times, there shall be displayed in a conspicuous position allotments in a part of the crew department managed by the Deputy Naval Store and remit- Officer to which seamen have access and, where allotments and remit tances. tances are dealt with elsewhere than in the crew department, in the place where the same are dealt with–

(a) a notice or notices specifying the approved method or methods

used to pay allouments and remittances;

(b) a notice specifying the days on and times at which allotments

and remittances are dealt with; and

(c) such other notices relating to allotments and remittances as

the Authority may require.

(3) Every notice displayed pursuant to subsection (2) shall be in the English language and the Chinese language.

PART VIII.

SupplementAHY AND MISCELLANEOUS.

87. (1) The Authority, the Superintendent. any public officer Entry to authorized in writing for the purposes of this section by the Superin- premises, etc. and power to tendent either generally or in any particular case, and any police officer search, seize,

(a) at any time, using such force as may be necessary, enter any premises or place which he is authorized to enter by a warrant issued under subsection (2);

(b) at any time, using such force as may be necessary, enter any premises or place occupied by a licensed company, being premises or a place which appear to him to be used for the purposes of the business of the licensed crew department maintained by such company;

etc.

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