1536
[M. 8. A. 1864 #c. 518.]
Service of
order ou master, &c.
M. S. A. 1876 SOC. 35.
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
recovery thereof; to leaving seamen abroad; to the provisions, health and accommodation of seamen; to the power of seamen to make complaints; to the protection of seamen from imposition; to discipline; and to crimes committed abroad, shall apply mutatis mutandis, and so far as the same can be extended, to all ships registered in this Colony when such ships are within the jurisdiction of this Government, and to the owners, masters and crews of such ships.
2. Every offence declared by the "Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876," to be a misdemeanor where jurisdiction is given to the Court in this Colony shall be tried by the Supreme Court in the same manner as other misdemeanors are tried, and every offence thereby made punishable by imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months with or without hard labour or by any penalty not exceeding £100, except as herein before provided, shall be prosecuted summarily before any Magistrate or any two Justices of the Peace in like manner as other offences of like character committed in the Colony may be punished summarily, and any person convicted summarily shall have the like right of appeal as if the offence with which he is charged had been tried under any local Ordinance.
3. Where any order, notice, statement, or document requires, for the purpose of any provision of this Ordinance, to be served on the master of a ship, the same shall be served where there is no master and the ship is in the Colony, on the owner or one of the owners of the ship, or if there is no owner, on the agent of the ship in the Colony, or where no such agent is known or can be found, by affixing a copy thereof to the mast of the ship.
4. Any such order, notice, statement, or document may be served by delivering a copy thereof personally to the person to be served or by leaving the same at his last place of abode, or in the case of a master by leaving it for him on board the ship with the person being or appearing to be in command of such ship.
5. Any person who obstructs the service of any order, notice, statement, or document on the master of a ship shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars and if the owner, agent, or master of the ship is a party or privy to such obstruction he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
1536
[M. 8. A. 1864 #c. 518.]
Service of
order ou master, &c.
M. S. A. 1876 SOC. 35.
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
recovery thereof; to leaving seamen abroad; to the provisions, health and accommodation of seamen; to the power of seamen to make com- plaints; to the protection of seamen from imposition; to discipline; and to crimes committed abroad, shall apply mutatis mutandis, and so fur as the same can be extended, to all ships registered in this Colony when such ships are,within the jurisdiction of this Government, and to the owners, masters and crews of such ships.
2. Every offence declared by the "Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876," to be a misdemeanor where jurisdiction is given to the Court in this Colony shall be tried by the Supreme Court in the same manner as other misdemeanors are tried, and every offence thereby made punish- able by imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months with or without hard labour or by any penalty not exceeding £100, except as herein before provided, shall be prosecuted summarily before any Magis- trate or any two Justices of the Peace in like manner as other offences of like character committed in the Colony may be punished summarily, and any person convicted summarily shall have the like right of appeal as if the offence with which he is charged had been tried under any local Ordinance.
3. Where any order, notice, statement, or document requires, for the Purnose
of any provision of this Ordinance, to be served on the master of a ship, the same shall be served where there is no master and the ship is in the Colony, on the owner or one of the owners of the ship, or if there is no owner, on the agent of the ship in the Colony, or where no- such agent is known or can be found, by affixing a copy thereof to the mast of the ship.
4. Any such order, notice, statement, or document may be served by delivering a copy thereof personally to the person to be served or by leaving the same at his last place of abode, or in the case of a master by leaving it for him on board the ship with the person being or appearing to be in command of such ship..
5. Any person who obstructs the service of any order, notice, state- ment, or document on the master of a ship shall incur a penalty not ex- ceeding fifty dollars and if the owner, agent, or master of the ship is a party or privy to such obstruction he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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