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certificate of fitness has been issued in respect thereof after that examination.

(2) No pressure vessel shall be used or operated, except for the purposes of this Ordinance by or under the direction of the Principal Surveyor or an appointed examiner unless the pressure vessel bas been examined in accordance with this Ordinance and has beea certificd in the manner provided by this Ordinance to be in safe working order.

(3) No new pressure vessel shall be used or operated unless it has been approved by the Principal Surveyor or is of a type or brand that has been approved by the Principal Surveyor.

(4) No boiler or pressure receiver shall be operated at a greater pressure than the pressure specified in the latest certificate of fitness issued in respect thereof as the maximum permissible working pressure at which the boiler or pressure receiver may be operated,

(5) No boiler or pressure receiver shall be used or operated other- wise than in accordance with the conditions (if any) specified in the certificate of fitness issued after the last examination thereof for the purposes of this Ordinance.

(6) No boiler or pressure receiver shall be used or operated during the continuance in force of an order in respect thereof made under section 32.

(7) No boiler or steam receiver shall be operated except under the direct supervision of a competent person whose certificate of competency certifies that he is competent to operate all classes or types of boiler and steam receiver or that he is competent to operate boilers or steam receivers of the class or type in question.

(8) In the event of a contravention of subsection (1), (2), (3), (5) or (7), the owner of the boiler or pressure receiver, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.

(9) In the event of a contravention of subsection (4), the owner of the boiler or pressure receiver, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of den thousand dollars unless he shows to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know that the boiler or pressure receiver was being so operated and that he had taken all reasonable steps to prevent its being so operated.

(10) In the event of a contravention of subsection (6), the owner of the boiler or pressure receiver, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an

offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.

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50. (1) The owner of a boiler or pressure receiver who, without Contraved- reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) of section 11, subsection tion of (2) of section 16 or paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 34 or provisions section 13. 17. 60. 62 or 63 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be of Ordinance liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.

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therefor.

(2) The owner of a steam container who, without reasonable ally excuse, contravenes section 12, 14 or 62 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable ou summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.

(3) The owner of a pressure vessel who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes section 19 or 21 or subsection (3) of section 20 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.

51. (1) Ia the event of a contravention of section 22, the owner of Owner of the boiler, pressure receiver, steam container, fuel burning installation boiler or or appliance, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.

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(2) In the event of a contravention of subsection (4) of section 48, the owner of the boiler or pressure receiver shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand certain dollars.

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(3) In the event of a contravention of a condition imposed on the or of certain

conditions. grant of an exemption under section 9 or specified in an order made under subsection (1) of section 10, the owner of the boiler or pressure receiver in question shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.

52. (1) No person shall enter or be in any boiler that is one of a Persons not range of two or more boilers unless-

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(a) all inlets through which steam or hot water might otherwise boilers.

enter the boiler from any other part of the range are dis- connected from that part; or

(6) all valves or cocks controlling such entry are closed and securely locked, and, where the boiler has a blow-off pipe in common with one or more boilers or delivering into a common blow-off vessel or sump, the blow-off valve or cock on cach such boiler is so constructed that it can be opened only by a key that cannot be removed until the valve or cock is closed and is the only key in use for that set of blow-off valves or cocks..

(2) In the event of a contravention of subsection (1), the owner of the boiler shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.