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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 10, 1941. 33

NOTICES

No. 36.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,

In exercise of the powers conferred by the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940, as applied to this Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939, and the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1940, His Excellency the Oflicer Administering the Government makes the following regulations, which shall only remain in operation during the period of the present war-

The Examinations of Masters and Mates Amendment Regulations, 1941.

1. These regulations may be cited as The Examinations of Masters and Mates Amendment Regulations, 1941.

2. The rules relating to the examination of masters and mates laid down by the Governor in Council under section 4 (8) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and published on pages 392 to 462 (inclusive) of the Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition) are amended by the insertion of the following rules immediately after rules 18 on page 397 and 62 on page 430, respectively-

18A. Penalties for failure (temporary provisions).--- Notwithstanding the provisions of rule 18, a candidate who has failed twice in the written or the oral portion of the examination for any grade of certificate, or in both, may be re-examined at the next or any subsequent examination held for his grade, but in the case of a third or any subsequent failure in the written or the oral portion of an examination, or in both, an interval of one month must elapse from the date of the last failure before a candidate can be re-examined.

62A. Sea service (temporary provisions).-(a) Notwith- standing the provisions of rules 29, 76 and 77, a candidate who has served three years at sea in foreign-going ships or the equivalent, four years and six months in home trade ships, may be examined for the second mate's certificate. These periods of service will be subject to a further reduction in accordance with the provisions of rules 78 and 79, but no candidate will be admitted to the examination for the second mate's certificate until he has served at least two years and nine months at sea. Any candidate who succeeds in passing the afore-mentioned examination before he has completed the sea service normally required under the existing rules will receive a temporary certificate of competency of the appropriate grade which he may exchange for the ordinary certificate of competency when he has completed the normal period of service; but service performed by a candidate. between the date on which he received a temporary certificate and the date on which he became entitled to receive the ordinary certificate will not count towards the period of watchkeeping service required for any certificate of higher grade.