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(ii) by deleting "or";

(iii) by deleting the full stop at the end thereof

and substituting the following

-

"; or"; and

(iv) by inserting, after paragraph (b), the

following new paragraph

FROM

"(c) if, within two years from the

date on which a notice was served

on the seaman under subsection (2)

of section 17A, he has made no

representation to the Superinten-

dent. 獎露

Addition of new sections 17A and 17B.

13. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding

after section 17 the following new sections

"Suspension

for

desertion, or failure to join ship.

17A. (1) Whenever the Superintendent

has reasonable grounds for believing that

any seaman has, in Hong Kong or elsewhere

(a) deserted his ship; or

(b) neglected, or refused without

reasonable cause, to join his

ship or to proceed to sea in

his ship,