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22. Section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, New sub- 1899, is amended by the insertion of the following sub-section after sub-section (1) thereof:

section (1A) for Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, s. 4.

of foreign

(1A) Every officer on board a foreign passenger steamship Recognition who has received a certificate of competency granted by a certificates competent authority of his country, which the Governor is of com- satisfied is of corresponding value to any certificate of Pecynt

correspond- competency granted under this Ordinance, shall be deemed ing value to to be duly certificated under this Ordinance in respect of such granted foreign steamship, provided that his certificate is of a grade under this appropriate to his station in the foreign steamship or of a higher grade.

certificate

Ordinance,

23. This Ordinance shall come into forge on the 1st Commence- July, 1935.

ment.

Objects and Reasons.

1. The extension to the Colony of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932, by Orders in Council under sections 36 and 64 thereof makes it necessary to amend the local Merchant Shipping Ordinance, No. 10 of 1899.

2. As it is understood that Part II of the Act, dealing with-Load Line and Loading, may be extended to the Colony by Order in Council before Part I, dealing with Safety of Life at Sea, is so extended, the Merchant Shipping (No. 2) Amendment Ordinance, 1934, has already been passed making the amendments in the principal Ordinance required by the extension of Part II of the Act to the Colony.

3. Further amendments will be required when Part I of the Act is extended, and this draft Bill has been prepared accordingly.

4. Clause 2 provides a definition of "Governor”, derived from the Air Navigation (Colonies, Protectorates and Man- dated Territories) Order in Council of 1927, which is necessary ́to enable the Governor to delegate any of his powers under the Ordinance. The clause also substitutes for the old definition of "passenger" the definition given in section 267 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as amended by s. 33 of the Act of 1932, and in the definition of "steamship" includes "steamer", a word which is used in the 1932 Act instead of steamship.

5. Clause 3 adds a proviso to section 10 (2) of the principal Ordinance modifying the provisions of that sub- section in the case of Safety Convention passenger ships (see section 21 (3) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932).

6. Clause 4 adds a sentence to section 10 (4) of the principal Ordinance which will make it clear that the Govern- ment Surveyors may be classified as ship, engineer and wireless telegraphy surveyors.

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