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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 21, 1938.
Ships not to proceed to sea without certificate.
Publication of load line certificate and particulars relating to depth of loading.
Insertion of particulars as to load line in agreements
with crew.
in force, cause the ship to be surveyed in the manner prescribed by the load line rules once at least in each year after the issue of the certificate for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force, having regard to the last foregoing subsection, and if the ship is not so surveyed, the Governor shall cancel the certificate:
Provided that the Governor, if he thinks fit in any particular case, may extend the said period of one year.
(5) Where any such load line certificate has expired or been cancelled, the Governor may require the owner or master of the ship to which the certificate relates to deliver up the certificate as he directs, and the ship may be detained until such requirement has been complied with, and if the owner or master fails without reasonable cause to comply with such requirement, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
(6) On the survey of any ship in pursuance of this section there shall be paid by the owner of the ship such fee as inay be prescribed by the Governor.
49-(1) No British ship registered in Hong Kong, being an international load line ship, shall proceed to sea unless there is in force in respect of the ship a Load Line Convention certificate.
(2) No British ship registered in Hong Kong, being a local load line ship, shall proceed to sea unless there is in force in respect of the ship a Hong Kong load line certificate.
(3) The master of every British load line ship registered in Hong Kong shall produce to the Harbour Master at the time a clearance for the ship is demanded, the certificate which is required by the foregoing provisions of this section to be in force when the ship pro- ceeds to sea, and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until that certificate is so produced.
(4) The master of every ship which proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.
50.-(1) When a load line certificate has been issued in pursu- ance of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act in respect of a British load line ship registered in Hong Kong-
(a) the owner of the ship shall forthwith on the receipt of the certificate cause it to be framed and posted up in some conspicuous place on board the ship, and to be kept so framed and posted up and legible so long as the certificate remains in force and the ship is in use; and
(b) the master of the ship, before making any other entry in any official log-book, shall enter therein the particulars as to the position of the deck-line and load lines specified in the certificate.
(2) Before any British load line ship registered in Hong Kong leaves any dock, wharf, harbour or other place for the purpose of proceeding to sea, the master thereof shall-
(a) enter in the official log-book such particulars relating to the depth to which the ship is for the time being loaded as the Governor may by regulations prescribe; and
(b) cause a notice, in such form and containing such of the said particulars as may be required by the said regulations, to be posted up in some conspicuous place on board the ship and to be kept so posted up and legible until the ship arrives at some other dock, wharf, harbour or place;
Provided that the Governor may by the said regulations exempt river trade ships or any class of river trade ships from the require- ments of paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(3) If the master or owner of any British load line ship registered in Hong Kong fails to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
51.-(1) Before an agreement with the crew of any British load line ship registered in Hong Kong, in respect of which a load line certificate is in force, is signed by any member of the crew, the master of the ship shall insert in the agreement the particulars as to the position of the deck-line and load lines specified in the
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