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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH SEPTEMBER, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 595.

His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the KING, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-

Ordinance No. 5 of 1905.—An Ordinance further to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordi-

nance, 1899, and for other purposes.

Ordinance No. 6 of 1905.- -An Ordinance further to amend the Protection of Women and

Girls Ordinauce, 1897.

Ordinance No. 7 of 1905.-An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1845.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th September, 1905.

No. 5 OF 1905.

An Ordinance further to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and for other pur- poses.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary,

M. NATHAN,

LS

Short title

aud con- struction.

Amendment

of section 2

of the Prin- cipal Onlin-

A.

Amendment of section 4 (2) of the Principal Ordinance exempting

certain ships

in certain cases from the operation thereof.

Amendment

of section 4 (B) of the Principal Ordinance

exempting Curtain ships in certain euses from the operation thereof.

Governor.

[29th September, 1905.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: ་

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Ship- ping Amendment Ordinance, 1995, and shall be read and construed as one with the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance,

2. Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amend- ed by the addition thereto of the following definition :--

* International Collision Regulations" means the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea made under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. or any Regulations amending the same."

3. Section 4 (2) of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following as a proviso :-----

• Provided that any British or Colonial ship execeding 60 tons but not exceeding 300 tous regularly plying and for so long as it is regularly plying between the Colony and any places on the Canton or West River or any river in the interior of the Kwangtung or Kwangsi province or between the Colony and Macao shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this sub-section if it does not carry more than twelve passengers and is provided with a duly certificated master and if a steamship with an engineer who possesses a certificate of competency from the Harbour Master of Hongkong."

4. Section 4 (3) of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following as a proviso :---

Provided that any British or Colonial ship not exceeding 60 tons regularly plying and for so long as it is regularly plying between the Colony and any places on the Canton or West River or any river in the interior of the Kwangtung or Kwangsi province of between the Colony and Macao shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this sub-section if carrying passengers it complies with the regulations contained in Tablo E of the Schedule of the Principal Ordinance and is provided with a master who possesses a certificate of competency from the Harbour Master of Hongkong and if a steamship is also provided with an engineer who possesses a like certificate.”