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Owner, etc., neglecting to provide medicines and medical stores to be guilty of misdemeanor.
Master of ship before shipping scamap may require him to undergo medical Inspection.
Death or desertion to be reported.
Hongkong--Port Regulations, &c.
or books issued by the said Board containing instructions for dispensing the same, and also a sufficient quantity of anti-scorbutics, to be served out to the crew, of proper quality, and in accordance with the requirements of The Merchant Shipping Acts.
(2.) The owner, agent, or master, of any such ship who wilfully refuses or neglects to provide, and keep on board such medicines, medical stores, books of instrue- tions, and anti-scorbutics as are by this section required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction before a Stipendiary Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 200 dollars.
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(4.) The master of any ship, before shipping any sea- man, may require that such seaman shall be inspected by the Principal Civil Medical Officer, who, on such inspection shall give a certificate under his hand as the state of health of such seaman, which certificate such seaman shall produce and show to the master of the ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every certi- ficate there shall be paid the fee of 50 cents, to be paid by the agent or master of the ship in case such seaman proves to be in sound health, or by the seaman himself in case he shall prove to be affected with any contagions disease, or by the Boarding House Keeper with whom such seaman is residing, in case such Boarding House Keeper shall have failed to report the state of health of such seaman in accordance with the requirements of sub-section (5) hereof,
(7.) In the event of the death of any of the crew, pas- sengers, or other persons occurring on board of any ship in the waters of the Colony, or of the desertion of any of the crew of any British or Colonial ship or Foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Consular Officer resi- dent in the Colony, or in the event of the death of any of the crew, or passengers or persons on board of any ship in the course of a voyage to the Colony, the Master of such ship shall, forthwith or on the arrival of the ship in the Colony, as the case may be, report the same to the Harbour Master, and, in default, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars for every death or desertion which he shall neglect to report.
Hongkong Port Regulations, &c.
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(8.) If any ship carrying passengers from any port or place to any port or place in the Colony is found, on its arrival in the Colony, to be in a filthy and insanitary condition, the master of the ship shall, on summary conviction before a Stipendiary Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the Port to inspect every such ship on its arrival in order to ascertain the sanitary condition thereof.
9.—(1.) (a.) If any seaman or apprentice belonging to the crew of any British ship deserts therefrom or absents himself from his duty while the ship is within the waters of the Colony, it shall be lawful for any Police Officer, or for the master or person in charge of the ship, or for any one specially deputed by such master or person or apprentice without in charge to arrest such seaman warrant and convey him before a Stipendiary Magistrate; and in case such seaman or apprentice refuses to return to his duty on board the ship or does not give a sufficient reason for such refusal, the Stipendiary Magistrate may order such seaman or apprentice to be put forcibly on board the ship or to be confined in any gaol or other place of security within the Colony, for any period until he can be put on board the ship at her departure from the port or until he is demanded by the master of the ship; Provided always that the said period of confine- ment shall not, in the absence of such departure or demand, exceed 3 months.
(6.) If any seaman or apprentice deserts, when within the waters of the Colony, from a merchant ship belong- ing to a subject of any foreign country to which an Order-in-Council has declared that section 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, shall apply, any Court, justice or officer who would have had cognizance of the matter if the seaman or apprentice had deserted from a British ship, shall, on the application of a Consular Officer of the foreign country, aid in apprehending the deserter, aud for that purpose may, on information given on oath, issue a warrant for his apprehension, and, ou proof of the desertion, order him to be conveyed on board his ship, or delivered to the master or mate of his ship, or owner of the ship or his agent to be so con- reyed; and any such warrant or order may be executed
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Penalty on master for filthy condition of ship.
Sezuan or apprentice Deserting my he apprehendedl and put on board the vessel to whitely be belongs, etc.
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