1498
Restrictions
on carriage of dangerous goods.
M.S.A 1873, sec. 23.1
[See also Ordinances Nos. 8 of 1873 &
10 of 1890.]
Penalty for misdescription of dangerous goods. [Ibid, Sec. 24.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
reasonable means to ensure her being sent to sea in a seaworthy state, or that her going to sea in such unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and for the purpose of giving such proof, he may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.
2. Every master of a British or Colonial ship who knowingly takes the any person is
Same to sea in such unseaworthy state that the life of likely to be thereby endangered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves that her going to sea in such unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and for the purpose of giving such proof, he may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.
3. A prosecution under this section shall not be instituted except with the consent of the Governor.
4. A misdemeanor under this section shall not be punishable upon summary conviction.
Dangerous goods.
12. If any person sends or attempts to send by, or not being master or owner of the vessel, carries or attempts to carry in any vessel, British or foreign, any dangerous goods, that is to say—aquafortis, vitriol, naphtha, benzine, gunpowder, lucifer matches, nitro-glycerine, petroleum, or any other goods of a dangerous nature, without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the same, and giving written notice of the nature of such goods and of the name and address of the sender or carrier thereof to the master or owner of the vessel at or before the time of sending the same to be shipped, or taking the same on board the vessel, he shall, for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars: Provided that if such person show that he was merely an agent in the shipment of any such goods as aforesaid, and was not aware and did not suspect and had no reason to suspect that the goods shipped by him were of a dangerous nature, the penalty which he incurs shall not exceed fifty dollars.
2. If any person knowingly sends, or attempts to send by, or carries, or attempts to carry in any vessel, British or foreign, any dangerous goods, or goods of a dangerous nature, under a false description, or falsely describes the sender or carrier thereof, he shall incur a penalty not exceeding two thousand and five hundred dollars, to be recovered in a summary way before two Stipendiary Magistrates sitting together.
1498
Restrictions
on carriage of dangerous goods.
M.S.A 1873, sec. 23.1
[Ser also Or- dinances Nos. 8 of 1873 &
10 of 1890.]
Penalty for misdescrip tion of dan gerous goods. [Ibid, Sec. 24.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
reasonable means to ensure her being sent to sea in a seaworthy state, or that her going to sea in such unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and for the purpose of giving such proof, he may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.
2. Every master of a British or Colonial ship who knowingly takes the any person is
Same to sea in such unseaworthy state that the life of likely to be thereby endangered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves that her going to sea in such unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and for the purpose of giving such proof, he may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.
3. A prosecution under this section shall not be instituted except with the consent of the Governor.
4. A misdemeanor under this section shall not be punishable upon summary conviction.
Dangerous goods.
12. If any person sends or attempts to send by, or not being master or owner of the vessel, carries or attempts to carry in any vessel, British or foreign, any dangerous goods, that is to say-aquafortis, vitriol, naphtha, benzine, gunpowder, lucifer matches, nitro-glycerine, petroleum, or any other goods of a dangerous nature, without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the same, and giving written notice of the nature of such goods and of the name and address of the sender or carrier thereof to the master or owner of the vessel at or before the time of sending the same to be shipped, or taking the same on board the vessel, he shall, for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars: Provided that if such person show that he was merely an agent in the shipment of any such goods as aforesaid, and was not aware and did not suspect and had no reason to suspect that the goods shipped by him were of a dangerous nature, the penalty which he incurs shall not exceed fifty dollars.
2. If any person knowingly sends, or attempts to send by, or carries, or attempts to carry in any vessel, British or foreign, any dangerous, goods, or goods of a dangerous nature, under a false description, or falsely describes the sender or carrier thereof, he shall incur a penalty not exceeding two thousand and five hundred dollars, to be recovered in a summary way before two Stipendiary Magistrates sitting together.
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