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Amendment of section 18.

14.

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(4)

The suspension under subsection (2)

of a seaman's registration shall continue in

effect until he produces to the Superintendent

the certificate of a medical practitioner

stating that the seaman is fit for service

in foreign-going ships.".

Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended by

deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the

following

"(1) If, after considering any representations

which the seaman may make on the occasion specified

in a notice served on him under subsection (2) of

section 17A or subsection (1) of section 19, it

appears to the Superintendent that

(a) the seaman has deserted his ship, in

(b)

Hong Kong or elsewhere;

the seaman has neglected, or refused without

reasonable cause, to join his ship or to

proceed to sea in his ship, in Hong Kong or

elsewhere;

(c) the seaman has been convicted, in Hong Kong

or elsewhere, of any offence of such a nature

as to render it desirable that he be suspended

temporarily from service in foreign-going

ships or should cease to serve on such ships;

(a)

the seaman has, while engaged in service with

foreign-going ships, been guilty of misconduct

of such a serious nature as to render it