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" into charges of incompetency, "misconduct on the part of

or

Masters or Mates of ships, or as to shipwrecks or other casualties

"affecting ships, a report is made " by such court or tribunal to "the effect that he has been'

"

guilty of any gross act of misconduct, drunkenness;

or

tyranny, "abandonment of

of or serious

that the loss or

damage to any ship or loss of life has been caused by his "wrongful act or default, and such report is confirmed by the Governor or person administering the Government of such possession:

"And

every

master or mate whose

" certificate is cancelled or suspended

"

"shall deliver it to the Board of Trade

or as it directs, and in default shall

" for each offence incur a penalty not

exceeding fifty pounds; and the

Board of Trade may at any subsequent " time grant to any person whose " certificate has been cancelled a new

certificate of the same or

of any "lower grade.

The Ordinance N. 11 of 1860 empowers the

Governor to appoint Marine Courts to enquiry in certain cases into charges of incompetency or Misconduct on the part

of Masters or Mates of British Ships, and to make enquiry respecting

certain cases