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Section 13(2) of the Ordinance already enables the

Superintendent to enquire into the circumstances surrounding

a seaman's demotion and to refuse to record a demotion which

is without any or any sufficient cause.

6.

It is considered that the Superintendent should

also be able to refuse to record a promotion for which there

is insufficient cause. Clause 9 amends section 13(1) for this

purpose. It also inserts a new section 13(3) which will

empower the Superintendent, after consulting the Advisory

Board, to change a seaman's rating to a higher rating in the

same grade or to a rating in a different grade. This will

help the Superintendent to ensure that the supply of the

different grades and ratings meets the demand.

7.

Clause 11 amends section 16 to provide that the

Deputy Director of Marine may sit on boards of reference as an

alternative to the Authority or assistant directors and to

increase the quorum of the boards from 3 to 4.

8.

Clauses 12 and 19 amend sections 17(1)(b) and 28 in

consequence of the enactment of the Prevention of Bribery

Ordinance which replaced the Prevention of Corruption Ordinance.

Clause 12 also amends section 17(2) consequentially upon

clause 13.

9.

By section 7, an applicant

an applicant for registration may be

required to pass a medical examination. But there is no

provision whereby the registration of a seaman who has become

medically unfit for service on a foreign-going ship may be

suspended. Clause 13 adds section 17B to the principal Ordinance to provide that the Superintendent may require a

registered seaman to undergo such medical examination as to

his fitness for service on a foreign-going ship as the

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