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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 24, 1930.
Inability to repeat verbatim the Articles of the Collision Regulations will not entail failure in the oral examination if the candidate understands the full significance, content and practical application of the Articles.
19. Examination in Signalling.—A candidate who is eligible for examination for any grade of certificate for which signalling is required may take this part of the examina- tion at any time within the six months immediately before or after he presents himself for examination in the written and oral portions.
A candidate who fails in signalling but passes in every other subject may, at any time within the six months following his first attempt, be re-examined in signalling only, and, if he then passes, will receive his certificate of competency.
Subject to the above conditions, a candidate may be allowed to take the signalling examination in any week during which examinations of Masters and Mates are being held at the port, but the special fee for this examination (see rule 24) must be paid for each separate attempt.
20. Candidates failing may be examined for cer- tificate of lower grade. If a candidate fails in his ex- amination for a foreign-going certificate, and the subjects in which he has failed are not included in the syllabus prescribed for a foreign-going certificate of a lower grade, he may, if he so desires, be examined for the lower grade certificate without further formal application or payment of fee, but he will be required to complete the whole of the work prescribed for such lower grade.
No part, however, of the fee he has paid will be returned to him, and on presenting himself, when qualified, for re- examination for the higher certificate, he will be required to pay a further full fee.
21. Fee always paid first.-Applicants for examina- tion, and persons enquiring as to their eligibility, will be required, in making their application on form Exn. 2, to pay the examination fee before any step is taken in the way of inquiring into their services or testing their qualifications. If the candidate is found not to be eligible the fee will either be returned to him or placed to his credit until he is eligible.
22. The fee for examination must be paid to the Officer deputed for that purpose by the Harbour Master, in the Har- bour Office. If a Candidate offers a gratuity to any Officer of the Department, he will be regarded as having committed an act of misconduct, and will be rejected, and not allowed to be again examined for twelve months, either at the Port where the offence was committed, or at any other Port.
23. Fee in case of failure. The fee paid for examina- tion for a certificate of competency includes the fee of one dollar for examination in the sight tests, and if the candidate fails to pass those tests, this fee will, with the exception of one dollar, be returned to him.
If a candidate fails to pass any other part of the examina- tion no part of the fee will be returned to him.
Where a candidate for a certificate of competency is re- examined in the written or in the oral part of the examination only he will be required to pay in respect of such re-examina- tion a fee of ten dollars.
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