THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 28, 1935.
14. Section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Substitution 1899, is also amended by the repeal of the second proviso at the end thereof and by the substitution of the following Ordinance proviso:-
Provided always that sub-sections (1) to (7) inclusive of this section shall not apply to any ship of a Safety Convention country which carries a valid Safety Certificate, or to any ship of a non-Convention country with regard to which it has been declared by order of His Majesty in Council that the provisions in force in that country relating to life-saving appliances are as effective as those of the Merchant Shipping Acts, on proof that such former provisions are complied with in the case of that ship.
proviso to
No. 10 of 1899, s. 13.
15. Section 19 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the substitution of the figures "1932" for the figures "1890" in sub-section (14) (d) thereof.
of Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 19 (14).
16. Section 20 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Amendment 1899, is amended by the substitution of the figures "1932' for the figures "1890" in sub-section (3) thereof.
17. Section 38 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is repealed and the following section is therefor
substituted
of Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 20 (3).
Substitution for Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, s. 38.
as to
38.(1) Every passenger certificate issued to a river Regulations steamer shall specify the number of passengers which she may lawfully carry.
passenger certificates for river steamers.
(2) Such number shall be subject to such conditions as Schedule. the Governor in Council may direct by regulations.
(3) The owner or master of any river steamer leaving or entering the waters of the Colony with passengers on board in excess of the number authorised by her passenger certificate shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and, in addition, to a fine not exceeding five dollars for every passenger on board in excess of the number authorised by her passenger certificate.
Table F.
section
(3A) added
18. Section 41 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance. New sub- 1899, as amended by the Merchant Shipping (No. 2) Amend- ment Ordinance, 1934, is further amended by the addition to Ordin- of the following sub-section after sub-section (3) thereof:-
ance No. 10
of 1899, S. 41.
nearest
officer
(3A) Where any foreign ship is detained under the Notice to Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, be given to 1932, as extended to the Colony, and where any proceedings consular are taken under that Act against the master or owner of any where such ship, notice shall forthwith be given to the nearest proceedings consular officer for the country to which the ship belongs, taken in and such notice shall specify the grounds on which the ship a foreign has been detained or the proceedings have been taken.
respect of
ship under Merchant Shipping Act, 1932, as extended to Colony. 22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 69,
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