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Use of an- surveyed launch or motor boat.
Reporting of
Dame of
master, etc.,
engaged;
or dis
charged.
Production
surveyor shall be complied with, and thereupon a certificate to that effect shall be given by such surveyor to the owner on payment of a fee of $10 in respect of each survey, and such certificate shall then be produced to the Harbour Master without undue delay.
27. No owner, master, or person in charge of any launch or motor boat shall use the same before obtaining such certificate of survey.
28. Every owner of any launch or motor boat shall report to the Har- bour Master the name of, and the number of the certificate held by, every master and engineer engaged by him for such launch or motor boat within 48 hours of such engagement.
29. Every owner of any launch or motor boat shall report to the Harbour Master the name of, and the number of the certificate held by, every master and engineer of such lanach or motor boat discharged by him, giving the reason for such discharge, within 48 hours of such discharge.
30. Every master and engineer of any launch or motor boat holding of certificate a certificate shall, on engagement, produce such certificate to the Harbour Master for registration, and shall pay for such registration a fee of 50
on engage jent.
Reporting of lischarge by
master.
Record of
and lia- charges.
cents.
31. Every master and engineer of any launch or motor boat shall, on discharge, report such discharge to the Ilarbour Master within 48 hours of such discharge, and shall produce his certificate.
32. A record shall be kept in the Harbour Master's office, setting engagements forth the dates of engagement and discharge of all certificated masters and engineers of launches or motor boats, the reason for their discharge, and all complaints and charges against them, and any punishments awarded in respect thereof by the Marine or other Magistrate, or by the Harbour Master. Such record shall be open to inspection by owners of launches or motor boats or their representatives.
Certificates
of com-
33. The certificates of competency of masters and engineers of launches or motor boats, while under way in the waters of the Colony, petency to be shall be kept on board the vessel, ready to be produced for inspection
by the Harbour Master or his deputy, or by any officer of police.
on board the vessel.
Harbour
Master may permit engineer with master's
certificate to be in charge
of boat.
Exemption
of motor boats used solely for pleasure.
34. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master in such special cases as he may think fit to issue a permit to any motor boat carrying a certi- ficated motor engineer, who also holds a master's certificate under the rules in this Table, to be under way in the waters of the Colony in charge of such engineer only. Such permit shall be in writing and shall be signed by the Harbour Master and shall be subject to the conditions therein contained: Provided always that it shall not be necessary for any motor boat not exceeding 35 feet in length over all (and not plying for hire) to carry a certificated master or engineer.
36. These Regulations shall not apply to any motor boat which is used solely for purposes of pleasure.
Inside Cover.
This licence has been granted under Section 37 of the Merchant Ship- ping Ordinance, 1899, and the Regulations contained in Table E of the Schedule to the said Ordinance to
in respect of the
Launch Motor Boat
which is
hereby authorised to ply to and from and between any places in the *or, within waters of the Colony * subject to the provisions of the said Ordinance and the Harbour limits (as the to any regulations made thereunder.
case may be).
Extract from Conditions of Licence.
1. If any licensed launch or motor boat carries more persons than it is entitled to carry under the conditions of its licence, the owner and mas- ter shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
2. No launch or motor boat shall be under way without a master and engineer each holding either a certificate of qualification recognised by the Board of Trade or a certificate of competency from the Harbour Master
3. If any person places on the safety valve of any licensed launch any greater pressure than is allowed under the conditions of the licence, he shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeling three months.
4. Every launch and motor boat shall comply as to lights and in all other resports with the International Collision Regulations.
5. Every vessel licensed under these Regulatious shall have her name in English and Chinese legibly painted on her stern and on each bow together with the number of passengers she is licensed to carry.
6. The licence shall at all times except where otherwise provided by law be kept on board the vessel for which it is issued, and shall be pro-
duced on demand to any harbour or police or revenue officer.
7. No master of a launch or motor boat shall knowingly give untrue particulars to the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor or to any officer deputed by them to obtain such particulars.
Sheet 8.
Licence No.......
The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Section 37.
Name of Launch/Motor Boat..
Audit No..........
Schedule A.
FORM OF LICENCE BOOK.
Back of Cover.
Hongkong Government.
Feet,
Incher.
Length
Breadth..
Capacity Nott Tonnage
Gross Tonnage
Depth
Name of Owner
Address
Name of Master
* or, within
Launch
Licence Book.
Motor Boat.
Licence to ply* to and from and between any places in the waters of
the Harbour the Colony *.
limits (as the
case may be).
Name of Launch.
Licence No.
Address
Name of Engineer
Address
Number of persons licensed to carry-
Within the Harbour limits
or between ports in the Island of Hongkong. Within the Local Trade
Limits.
Persons.
including
Persons.
crew.
Outside the Local Trade
Persons.
Limits.
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