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Substitution

of Ordin

ance No. 10

of 1899,

s. 37 (7).

Unsea- worthiness.

Substitution for Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899. s. 37 (15).

Exemption.

Substitution for Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, Schedule, Table I.

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22. Section 37 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended by the substitution of the following sub- section for sub-section (7) thereof :-

(7) Every owner, agent, charterer or master of any launch or motor boat, who permits such launch or motor boat to ply while in an unseaworthy or unsafe condition, whether by reason of overloading or from any other cause whatsoever, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.

23. Section 37 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is also amended by the substitution of the following sub-section for sub-section (15) thereof.---

(15) The provisions of this section, other than sub- sections (11) and (16), shall not apply to launches or motor boats which are the property of His Majesty or of any foreign

state.

24. Table I in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, as enacted by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1931, Ordinance No. 5 of 1931, is repealed and the following Table is substituted therefor

Table I.

Engagement and Discharge Fees.

The collection of fees at the rates stated in the following paragraphs is authorised as from the 31st day of July, 1931.

1.-ENGAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE OF SEAMEN AT THE MERCHANTILE MARINE OFFICE.

Fee for engagement or discharge of a mate, purser, engineer. surgeon, carpenter, steward or wireless telegraph operator

$1.00

Fee for engagement or discharge of every other seaman $0.75

2. ENGAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE OF SEAMEN ON BOARD SHIP.

The fee for engagement or discharge shall be as in paragraph 1: Provided that where seamen are re-engaged on board the ship at the time of discharge the fee payable shall be the discharge fee plus half the engagement fee.

In addition to the engagement or discharge fees there shall be paid a fee for each visit according to the following scale:

Where not more than 40 seamen are engaged or

discharged

$15.00

Where more than 40 and not more than 100 sea-

men are engaged or discharged

$30.00

Where more than 100 and not more than 150 sea-

men are engaged or discharged

$87.50

Where more than 150 seamen are engaged or dis-

charged for the first 150

$37.50

for every additional 50 or less

$ 7.50

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