CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 82

¡

18

Passenger ship not to clear

without

certificates of

survey ih. 8, 271 (1) (6) (2).

Owner to have survey made by surveyor and Surveyor to give certain declarations,

Transmission of

leclaration to

Colonial

Secretary.

Issue of certificate.

Hongkong Port Regulations, &c.

(3.) No passenger ship which carries more than twelve

shall clear out or proceed on any voyage passengers from this Colony unless the master has the certificates as to survey required under this Part, the same being in force and applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed, or, in the case of a Foreign ship, certificates equivalent to those required in the case of a British ship. Any passenger ship attempting to go to sea may be letained until such certificates as aforesaid are produced to the Harbour Master.

(8.) The owner, agent, or master of every passenger ship being within the waters of the Colony shall, where such ship comes within the meaning of this section, cause the same to be surveyed by one or more of the Govern ment surveyors, who shall thereupon, it satisfied that it can properly be done, give to such owner, agent or master declarations as follows:

(9.) The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such declarations to the Colonial

the Colonial Secretary within fourteen days after the dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default shall forfeit a sum not exceed. ing 2 dollars for every day that the sending of such declarations is delayed; and such sum shall be paid on the delivery of the certificate bereinafter mentioned, in addition to the fee payable for the same, and shall be applied in the same manner as such fees; and if the declarations are not transmitted to the Colonial Secretary within 28 days, the fees and forfeitures shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.

(10.) On the receipt of such declarations, the Governor shall, if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been complied with, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and issued to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with; and such certificate shall state the limits, if any. beyond which, according to the declaration of the surveyor or surveyors, such ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of surveyor or surveyors, such ship is fit to carry, distin-

* For particulars of these declarations refer to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.

Hongkong Port Regulations, &c.

guishing (if necessary) between the respective numbers. to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of the year, the nature of voyage, the cargo carried, and other circumstances, as the case may require.

(18.) No certificate shall be held to be in force for the purposes of this section beyond a period of 12 months from the date of its issue or any shorter time specified in the certificate; and no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor to the owner, agent, or master of the ship to which the same relates, the he has cancelled or revoked the same; Provided that if any ship is absent from the Colony at the time when her certificate expires, no penalty shall be incurred under this section until she commences a voyage after her next subsequent return to the Colony. The Governor may require any certificate which has expired or has been revoked or cancelled to be delivered up as he directs, and any owner, agent, or master who, without any reasonable cause, refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.

(20.) The owner, agent, or master of every such ship shall forthwith, on the transmission of any such certifi- cate as aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of the duplicates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspicuous part of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such certificate remains in force and such ship is in use; and in default such owner, agent, or master shail for every offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.

(23.) When any passenger ship has sustained or caused any accident occasioning loss of life or has receiv- ed any material damage affecting her seaworthiness or her efficiency, either in her hull or in any part of her machinery, the master shall, within twenty-four hours after the happening of the accident or damage, or as soon as possible, report the same hy letter to the Harbour Master, and in default, without reasonable cause therefor, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars.

Duration of certificate.

Certificate to

be placed in conspicuous

part of ship.

Report to Harbour Master of accident to passenger ship.

J.S. Act. 1894, s. 425.

19

78