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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1879.
Colonial regis-
tered ships to be subject to Merchant Shipping Acts, &c.
Duration of Colonial register. (Ibid, sec. 10.)
Rules as Lo
boats and life buoys.
(M. S. A., 1854, Nec. 292.)
(M. S. A., 1873 1 Dec. 15.)
Penalties on runsters and owners, &c., neglecting to provide boats and life buoys, (M. S. A., 1854.
ec. 998.)
be endorsed upon her register under the hand of the Gover- nor and any change of master shall be endorsed upon the register by the Harbour Master.
12. Every ship (except Chinese junks or lorchas) pro- vided 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 inconsistent with the terms of this section) to the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and to the 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.
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13. 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 Gover- nor, 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 if the registered ship or vessel be at sea then on her return to the waters of the Colony under a penalty not exceeding $500.
CHAPTER II.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING SAFETY. Boats for Sea-going Ships.
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IV. The following rules shall be observed with respect to boats, rafts and life buoys, that is to say:-
(a.) No decked British ship (except ships used solely as steam tngs) shall proceed to sea from this Colony unless she is provided, according to her tonnage, with boats duly supplied with all requi- sites for use, and not being fewer in number nor less in their cubic contents than the boats the number and cubic contents of which are specified in the table marked A in the schedule hereto for the class to which such ship belongs: Provided that the Governor may, at the request of the owner, or master, authorize the reduction of the number and the variation of the dimensions of such boats and also the substitution of rafts or other appli- ances for saving life for any such boats, so never- theless that the boats so reduced or varied and the rafts or other appliances so substituted be sufficient for the persons carried on board the ship: Provided also that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, or at any time here- after, to alter, amend, or repeal the said table marked A, or to make a new table in lieu thereof. Every such new table and every alteration, amend- ment, or repeal of the said table A shall be pub- lished in the Gazette, and after such publication, shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if such new or amended table had been originally inserted, instead of table A in the schedule to this Ordinance.
(b.) No such ship carrying more than twelve passengers shall proceed to sea from any place in the Colony, unless, in addition to the boats hereinbefore re- quired, she is also provided with a life boat fur- nished with all requisites for use, or unless one of her boats hereinbefore required is rendered buoyant after the manner of a life boat.
(c.) No such ship as last aforesaid shall proceed to sea, unless she is also provided with not less than two approved life buoys ;---
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And such boats and life buoys shall be kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use: Provided, that the enactments with respect to boats and life buoys herein contained shall not apply in any case in which a certificate has been duly obtained under the fourth section of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855."
that is to say:---
2. In any of the following cases,
(a.) If any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, rafts or life buoys proceeds to sea without being so provided therewith, or if any such boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life are lost or rendered unfit for service in the course of the voyage through the wilful fault or negligence of the owner or master; or,
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