THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 21,
(a) any such certificate may be issued in respect of an inter- national load line ship as in respect of a local load line ship, so however that any such certificate issued in respect of a Load Line Convention ship shall only be valid so long as the ship is not plying on international voyages, and shall be endorsed with a statement to that effect, and shall be cancelled by the Governor if he has reason to believe that the ship is so plying; and
(b) the survey required for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force shall take place when required by the Governor.
(2) Where the Governor certifies-
(a) either-
(i) that by the law in force in any part of His Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom and Hong Kong provision has been made for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines on British ships (or any class or description of British ships) registered in that part of His Majesty's dominions; or
(ii) that provision has been made as aforesaid by the law in force in any foreign country with respect to ships (or any class or description of ships) of that country and has also been so made (or has been agreed to be so made) for recognising Hong Kong load line certificates as having the same effect in ports of that country as certificates issued under the said provision; and
(b) that the said provision for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines is based on the same principles as the corresponding provisions of this Part of this Act and is equally effective;
the Governor in Council may direct that load line certificates issued in pursuance of the said provision in respect of British ships (or that class or description of British ships) registered in that part of His Majesty's dominions, or in respect of ships (or that class or description of ships) of that foreign country, as the case may be, shall have the same effect for the purpose of this Part of this Act as Hong Kong load line certificates:
Provided that no direction given under this subsection shall apply to Load Line Convention ships plying on international voyages.
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection shall apply with respect to any foreign country in which for the time being His Majesty has jurisdiction, as if that country was a part of His Majesty's dominions.
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60. The master of every load line ship, other than a British Certificates ship registered in Hong Kong or a Load Line Convention ship not to be registered in Hong Kong, shall produce to the Harbour Master at produced the time a clearance for the ship from any port in Hong Kong is to Harbour
Master by demanded, either a Hong Kong load line certificate or a United ships not Kingdom load line certificate, or a certificate having effect under this registered Act as such a certificate, being a certificate for the time being in in Hong force in respect of the ship, and a clearance shall not be granted.
Kong. and the ship may be detained, until the certificate required by this section is so produced.
Loading of Timber.
61.-(4) If any provision of the timber cargo regulations is con- Carriage travened in the case of any British load line ship registered in Hong of timber Kong, the master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding deck cargo. five hundred pounds:
Provided that in any proceedings against a master in respect of a contravention of the timber cargo regulations, it shall be a good defence to prove that the contravention was due solely to deviation or delay, being deviation or delay caused solely by stress of weather or other circumstances which neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled.
(5) For securing the observance of the timber cargo regulations, any officer having authority in that behalf from the Governor, either general or special, shall have power to inspect any load line ship carrying timber cargo in any uncovered space on her deck.
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