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Delivery up of certificate.
Constitution,
powers and procedure of
Court of Survey.
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
(16.) Every master, mate, or engineer whose certi- ficate is suspended or cancelled in pursuance of this Ordinance shall, on the demand of the Court, deliver his certificate to the Court, or, if it is not demanded by the Court, deliver it to the Governor or as he directs, and in default he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars.
Courts of Survey.
20.—(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor, when- ever occasion may arise, to appoint a Court of Survey in the same manner and composed of the same persons as in the case of a Marine Court, and in such case the following provisions shall have effect :-
(a) the case shall be heard in open Court :
(b) each member of the Court may survey the ship, and shall have for such purpose all the powers of an inspector appointed by the Board of Trade under The Merchant Shipping Acts :
(e) the Court may order the ship to be surveyed, and may appoint any competent person to survey the ship and report thereon to the Court, and such person may, in case of dis- agreement, be appointed by a majority of the members;
(d) the Court shall have the same power as the Governor has to order the ship to be released or finally detained, but unless a majority of the members concur in an order for the deten- tion of the ship, the ship shall be released; and
(e) the owner or agent and the master of the ship, and any person appointed by the owner, agent, or master, may attend at any inspection or survey made in pursuance of this section.
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
PART VI
REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE WATERS OF THE
COLONY AND OF VESSELS USING THE SAME.
Ports of the Colony.
21. The Governor may declare by notification certain places in the waters of the Colony to be Ports, and no inaster of any ship or junk shall, except from stress of weather or some other sufficient canse,
anchor at any other place in the waters of the Colony.
Table W.
LIST OF PORTS OF THE
Victoria, within Harbour limits. Aberdeen. Stanley, Shaukiwan.
Deep Bay.
Inties of Master.
COLONY,
Cheung Chau,
Tai 0. Tai Po.
Saikung. Junk Bay.
Declaration of Ports, unl prohibition
of ship or junk anchoring elsewhere.
Ports of the Colony.
arriving to loist her colours and number.
22.-(1.) The master of every merchant ship Merchant ship arriving within signalling distance of the signal station at Gap Rock or Waglan or Cape D'Aguilar, and intending to enter any Port, shall hoist her National Colours and her House flag or her number, and shall keep the same flying while passing the signal station. He shall also hoist her National Colours when entering any Port, and shall keep the same flying until the ship shall have been entered at the Harbour Master's Office.
(2.) Every such master shall, on the arrival of his ship within the waters of the Colony, allow and assist on board without delay the Harbour Master and the Health Officer of the Port as soon as they come along- side, and shall furnish the Harbour Master with such information as may be required in accordance
Harbour Master and Health Officer to be allowed on board at once,
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