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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 28, 1935.
Duties of
owners and
masters as to carrying life saving appliances.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 428.
Penalty for breach of rules or regulations applicable to ship.
57 & 58 Vict,
c. 60,
s. 430 (1).
22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 5 (2).
Survey with respect to life saving appliances.
22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 5 (3).
Notice of deficiency.
22 Geo. 5,
c. 9, s. 5 (3).
Clearance not to be granted and ship to be detained
until pro- duction of certificate of rectifica- tion.
22 Geo. 5, c. 9,
s. 5 (3).
Entry in
log-book of boat drill
and exam- ination of life-saving appliances.
6 Ed. 7, c. 48,
s. 9 (1).
22 Geo. 5, c. 9. 8. 5 (5).
(2) It shall be the duty of the owner and master of every British ship to see that his ship is provided, in accordance with the said rules or regulations, as the case may be, with such of those appliances as, having regard to the nature of the service. on which the ship is employed and the avoidance of undue encumbrance of the ship's decks, are best adapted for securing the safety of her crew and passengers.
(3) In the case of any ship-
(a) if the ship is required to be provided with life saving appliances and proceeds on any voyage or excursion without being so provided in accordance with the rules or regulations applicable to the ship; or
(b) if any of the appliances with which the ship is so provided are lost or rendered unfit for service in the course of the vogage or excursion through the wilful fault or negligence of the owner or master; or
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(c) if the master wilfully neglects to replace or repair, on the first opportunity, any such appliances lost or injured in the course of the voyage or excursion; or
(d) if such appliances are not kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use; or
(e) if any provision of the rules or regulations in respect of life saving appliances applicable to the ship is contravened or not complied with,
then the owner of the ship (if in fault) shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and the master of the ship (if in fault) shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(4) A
Government ship or engineer surveyor may inspect any ship for the purpose of seeing that the rules or regulations in respect of life saving appliances applicable to the ship have been complied with in her case, and for the purpose of any such inspection shall have all the powers of a Board of Trade Inspector under the Merchant Shipping Acts.
(5) If the surveyor finds that the rules or regulations have not been complied with he shall give written notice to the owner or master stating in what respect the said rules or regulations have not been complied with, and what. in his opinion is required to rectify the matter.
(6) Every notice so given shall be communicated to the Harbour Master and a clearance shall not be granted to the ship and the ship shall be detained until a certificate under the hand of a Government ship or engineer survevor is produced to the effect that the matter has been rectified
(7) The master of every British ship shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log book a statement, or, if there is no official log-book. cause a record to be kept, of every occasion on which boat drill is practised on board the ship, and on which the life-saving appliances on board the ship have been examined for the purpose of seeing that those appliances are fit and ready for use; and if, in the case of a passenger ship, boat drill is not practised on board the ship in any week, the master shall enter a statement of the reasons why boat drill was not practised in that week.
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