CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917 — Page 532

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Fass to be

paid by

applicant.

Fees to members of board.

Certificate to be given to successful

candidate.

Certificate to ba aubject to

vegulations.

Copy of certificate to

be granted in

chbe of lose. M. 8. Act,

1801, s. 101

Production of certif. coles.

No. 10 of 1899.

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

(12) Every applicant for a certificate of competency shall, on lodging his application, pay to the Harbour Master a fee, if for a master's or first class engineer's certificate, of 20 dollars, and if for any other certificate, of 15 dollars.

(18) Every member of the board, except the Harbour Master, shall be entitled to receive out of the public revenue a fee of 5 dollars for the oxamination of each applicant.

(14) Every applicant who has passed a satisfactory examination and has given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience, and general good conduct on board ship, shall be entitled to receive, on the recommendation of the board, a certificate of competency signed by the Governor.

(15) Certificates of competency granted under this section shall be subject to the regulations made under the Order in-Council dated 9th May, 1891, with respect to the use, delivery, cancellation, and suspension of colonial certificates of competency.

(16) If a master, mate, or engineer proves, to the satisfaction of the Governor, that he has, without fault on his part, lost or been deprived of a certificate already granted to him under this section, the Governor shall, and in any other case may, on payment of such fee, if any, as he may direct, cause a copy of the certificate to which, by the record kept, he appears to be entitled to be deli- vered to him; and such copy shall have all the effect of the original.

(17) The master of a ship, on signing the agreement with the crew before the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, b.. 108.] shall produce to him the certificates of competency which the master, mates, and engineers of the ship are hereby required to hold.

Forgery of certificate.

[10. s. 104.]

(18) Every person who-

(a) makes, assists in making, or procures to be made any false representation for the purpose of procuring, either for himself or for any other person, a certificate of competency; or

(b) fraudulently uses a certificate or copy of a certificate of com- petency which has been forged, altered, or cancelled, or suspended, or to which he is not entitled; or

(c) fraudulently lends his certificate of competency or allows it to be used by any other person,

shall, in respect of each such offence, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

MERCHANT SHIPPING,

No. 10 of 1899.

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Engagement and Discharge of Seamen.

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6. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint within the Marcantil Colony a place to be called the Mercantile Marine Office, at which once. place shall be conducted all the business connected with the engage- ment and discharge of seamen on board British and colonial ships, and foreign ships whose flag is not represented by a consular officer resident in the Colony, such ships being in the waters of the Colony. The Harbour Master shall be the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office. The present Mercantile Marine Office shall be deemed to be the place appointed until the Governor shall appoint some other place.

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(2) No seaman shall, except with the sanction of the Harbour Shipping of Master, be shipped to do duty on board a British or colonial ship, or any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a consular officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere than at the Mercantile Marine Office; and the Superintendent shall require such seaman to produce to him his certificate of discharge from the last ship, and, failing the production of such certificate, such seaman shall be bound to give satisfactory explanation to the Harbour Master of the cause of the non-production thereof.

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(8) The master of every British ship, and of every colonial ship Agreement exceeding 60 tons, and of every Foreign ship whose flag is not repre- scamen. sented by a consular officer resident in the Colony, shall enter into S. Act. an agreement with every seaman whom he engages in this Colony, and carries to sea as one of his crew, in the form and manner provided by the Merchant Shipping Acts.

(4) If the master of any such ship carries any seaman to sea Fenalty for

shipping without entering into an agreement with him in accordance with the without last sub-section, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.greement.

[.] (5) Such fees, not exceeding the sums specified in Table I in the Fess schedule as may be fixed by the Governor-in-Council, shall be pay- engagement

payable on

able upon all engagements and discharges; and the Superintendent and

discharge. shall cause a scale of such fees to be prepared and to be conspicuous- ly placed in the Mercantile Marine Office, and the Superintendent may refuse to proceed with any engagement or discharge, unless The fees payable thereon are first paid.

(6) Every master of a ship engaging or discharging any seaman Payment and

deduction of

at the Mercantile Marine Office shall pay to the Superintendent the tes

As amended by No. 90 of 1011, No. 80 of 1911, No. 16 of 1012,

No. 17 of 1913 and No. 48 of 1912 Supp. Sched.