THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1891.
to furnish to every person applying at a reasonable time for the same, and paying therefor the sum of one dollar; and every document, when so proved as aforesaid, shall be received as primâ facie evidence of all matters therein recited, stated, or appearing.
(9.) The British flag may be used on board of any Co- lonial ship lawfully possessing a Colonial register.
(10.) Upon any change of ownership in any Colonial ship registered under this section, such change as aforesaid shall be endorsed upon her register under the hand of the Governor; and any change of master shall be endorsed upon the register by the Harbour Master.
(11.) Every Colonial ship (except Chinese junks or lor- chas) provided with a Colonial register under this section shall be, in every respect, subject to the provisions of part I of this Ordinance and (except where the same are incon- sistent with the terms of this section) to the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts 1854 to 1890" and to any Acts amending the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as British ships registered under the said Acts are subject thereto, in the waters of this Colony, or in trading therein or therefrom.
(12.) Any Colonial register granted under this section shall be in force and effect for one year from the date of such register, and no longer, and such register shall be renewable by endorsement on the same, under the hand of the Governor, if he shall so think fit: Provided always that whether the register is intended to be renewed or not such register shall be delivered into the custody of the Colonial Secretary five days before the expiration of the year for which it has been granted or in the event of the registered ship being at sea then on her return to the waters of the Colony, and that the owner, agent, or master of any such ship neglecting to comply with the requirements of this sub-section shall incur a penalty not exceeding $500.
(13.) No prosecution shall be instituted under this sec- tion unless under the fiat of the Attorney General.
CHAPTER II
Regulations concerning Safety.
4. It shall be the duty of the owner and master of every British or Colonial ship within the waters of the Colony to see that his ship is provided in accordance with the Rules in Table 1 in the Schedule to this Ordinance with such life boats jackets and other appliances for saving life at sea as having regard to the nature of the service in which the ship is employed and the avoidance of undue incumbrance of the ship's deck are best adapted for securing the safety of her crew and passengers.
The Governor in Council may from time to time make, rescind and vary rules with respect to the following
matters-
(a.) The arranging of ships into classes having regard to the service in which they are employed to the nature and duration of the voyage and to the number of persons carried.
(b.) The number and description of the boats, life boats, life rafts, life-jackets and life buoys to be carried by British or Colonial ships according to the class in which they are managed and the mode of their construction also the equipments to be carried by the boats and rafts and the method to be provided to get the boat and other life-saving apparatus into the water. (e.) The quantity, quality and description of buoyant apparatus to be carried on board ships carrying passengers either in addition to or in substitution for boats, life boats, life rafts, life jackets and life buoys. Such rules shall be published in the Government Gazette and after such publication all such Rules shall have effect as if they have been enacted in this Ordinance and shall be judicially noticed.
Provided that unless and until such rules are made, rescinded or varied the Rules in Table A of the Schedule to this Ordinance shall apply.
Provided also that the same shall not apply in any case in which a certificate has been duly obtained under the fourth section of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855.”
(Ibid, qub-8.9.)
Change of
owner or master. (Ibid, sub-s, 10.)
Colonial regia- tered ships to he subject to Merchaut Shipping Acts, &c. (Ibid, sub-a. 11.)
Duration of Colonial register. (Ibid, sub-s. 12.3
Consent to prosecution. (Ibid, subs,
13.
Duties of owner and master. (51 and 52, Vict. c. 24, sec. 1.)
Foarer to make Kegulathus, Ibid. sec. 3.)
Classes of ships.
Life boats, &c.
Life. suring appuintus,
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