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7. Clause 5 substitutes a new sub-section for section 10 (6) of the principal Ordinance. This amendment will enable the Governor in Council to make regulations and issue instructions similar to those made or issued by the Board of Trade under sections 724 (3) of the Act of 1894, as affected by section 1 (1) of the Act of 1932. Paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the new sub-section 10 (6) correspond with paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 1 (1) of the 1932 Act which deal with the powers of the Board of Trade as respects certain classes of ships; and paragraphs (a) and (b) of the new sub-section 10 (6) correspond with paragraphs (a) and (d) of the 1932 Act which deal with the powers of the Board of Trade as respects individual ships. In the notes to the First Schedule of the draft Merchant Shipping Safety Convention (Hong Kong) No. 1 Order, enclosed in the Board of Trade letter to the Colonial Office of the 25th August, 1933, and forwarded to Hong Kong with the Secretary of State's despatch of the 25th September, 1933, it is suggested that the Hong Kong Authorities should make their own Construction Regulations and it is pointed out that the application of the Safety Convention to Hong Kong will mean that passenger ships registered in the Colony, which require Safety Certificates, will have to comply with the Convention requirements and that the Hong Kong Regulations will, therefore, have to ensure that this standard is complied with. The Hong Kong Construction Regulations will naturally be based on the regulations and instructions issued by the Board of Trade, due regard being had to the position of ships engaged in short international voyages, unberthed international coasting voyages.
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8. Clause 6 substitutes for paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 10 (8) of the principal Ordinance three paragraphs on the lines of section 272 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as amended by sections 2 (1), 2 (2), 5 (4) and 9 (2) of the Act of 1932.
9. Clause 7 adds a new sub-section (SA) to section 10 of the principal Ordinance on the lines of section 2 (3) of the Act of 1932.
10. Clause 8 gives the name in local use (passenger certificate) to the certificate issued by the Governor under section 10 (10) of the principal Ordinance as enacted by section 5 of Ordinance No. 23 of 1932. This corresponds with the term "passenger steamer certificate" used in sections 276 to 282 of the Act of 1894. Sub-section 10 (3) is not altered in this respect because the expression "certificates as to survey" there used corresponds with a similar expression in section 271 (1) (b) of the Act of 1894.
11. Clause 9 adds a new sub-section (10A) to section 10 of the principal Ordinance on the lines of section 15 (4) of the Act of 1932.
12 Clause 10 redrafts section 10 (11) of the principal Ordinance. Such redrafting appears necessary if the office of the person authorised under section (10A) to sign the certificate is not the Colonial Secretariat.
13. Clause 11 increases the dollar penalties provided in sub-sections (5), (7), (9), (18), (20) and (21) of section 10 of the principal Ordinance so as to make them approximate more
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