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Inspection by Garveyor.
Notice of deficiency.
Barbour Moster not to
clear ship not complying with above provisions.
Eutry in log- book of boat drill and
inspection of life-saving appliances.
Production of record.
Penalty.
M. S. Act. 1905, u. 4.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
ship (if in fault) shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceed- ing 250 dollars.
(4) Any surveyor appointed under this Ordinance may inspect, any ship for the purpose of seeing that she is properly provided with appliances for saving life at sea in conformity with this Ordinance.
(5) If any such surveyor finds that any ship is not so provided, he shall give to the owner or master notice in writing, pointing out the deficiency and also what is, in his opinion, requisite to remedy
the same.
(6) The Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance for any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, life-jackets, and other appliances for saving life, unless the same are duly so provided and if any such ship attempts to go to sea without such clearance, the Harbour Master may detain her until she is so provided.
(7) The master of every British and colonial ship shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log-book, a statement, or if there is no official log-book, cause a record to be kept, of every occasion on which boat drill is practised on board the ship, and on which the life-saving appliances on board the ship have been examined for the purpose of seeing that they are fit and ready for use.
(8) The master shall, if and when required by any officer of the Harbour Department, produce for inspection any such entry or record.
(9) If the master fails to comply with any requirement of sub- sections (7) and (8) he shall be liable, un summary conviction, for each offence to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars.
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Provided always that sub-sections (1) to (6) shall after a day to be notified in the Gazette, apply to all foreign ships while within the waters of the Colony to the same extent as they apply to British ships Provided also that the said sub-sections shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country with regard to which His Majesty has by Order in Council declared that the provisions in force in that country relating to life-saving appliances appear to His Majesty to
Act of 1894, be as effective as those of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to Part V.]
such appliances, on proof that such former provisions are complied with in the case of that ship.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Deck and Load Lines.
per-
deck-lincs.
1894 s. 487.
14. (1) All ships in the waters of the Colony (except ships Marking of ander 25 tons not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, ships not trading .S. Act, or plying for hire, and ships employed solely as tugs) shall be manently and conspicuously marked with lines of not less than 12 inches in length and 1 inch in breadth, painted longitudinally on each side amidships or as near thereto as is practicable, and in- dicating the position of each deck which is above water, subject to the following provisions :—
(a) the upper edge of each of the deck-lines must be level with the upper side of the deck plank next the waterway at the place of marking; and
(b) the deck-lines must be white or yellow on a dark ground or black on a light ground.
load-line.
(2) The owner, agent, or master of every ship in the waters of Marking of the Colony (except ships under 25 tons not carrying cargo, pleasure 439. yachts, ships not trading or plying for hire, and ships employed solely as tuga) shall, before clearing his ship outwards from the Colony, mark upon each of her sidea amidships within the meaning of this section or as near thereto as is practicable, in white or yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground, a circular disc 12 inches in diameter, with a horizontal line 18 inches in length drawn through its centre, subject to the foliowing provisions:-
(a) the centre of the disc shall be placed at such level as may be approved by the Governor below the deck-line marked under this section and specified in the certificate given thereunder, and shall indicate the maximum load-line in salt water to which it shall be lawful to load the ship; and
(b) the position of the dise shall be fixed in accordance with the Tables of Freeboard contained in the Instructions to Surveyors, issued by the Board of Trade.
British or
mark lines.
(3) Any owner or master of a ship (except ships under 25 tons Penalty in not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, skips not trading or plying for of hire, and ships employed solely as tuga), being within the waters colonial ship of the Colony, who neglects to cause such ship to be marked with neglecting to deck and load-lines or to keep her so marked, or who allows such ship to be so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc, and any person who conceals, removes, alters, defaces, or
As amended by No. 9 of 1909, No. 80 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911,
No. 16 of 1912 and No. 17 of 1912.
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