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Shelter for deck passengers.
Penalty.
Penalty for improper weight on safety valve.
Ibid, sec. 802.1
Governor to appoint surveyors, and fix their remuneration.
Ibid, sec. 305.1
Surveyors to have power to inspect. [Ibid, sec. 306.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
(2.) With a proper supply of lights inextinguishable in water, and fitted for attachment to life buoys.
(e.) Every steam-ship carrying more than twelve passengers by sea, not coming within the provisions of the Chinese Passengers' Act of 1855, or of any Ordinance made in pursuance thereof shall be provided with such shelter for the protection of deck passengers (if any) as the Governor, having regard to the nature of the passage, the number of deck passengers to be carried, the season of the year, the safety of the ship, and the circumstances of the case, may require.
If any such steam-ship as aforesaid goes to sea from any port in the Colony without being so provided as hereinbefore required, then for each default in any of the above requisites, the owner shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the master shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
3. If any person places an undue weight on the safety valve of any steam-ship coming within the meaning of subsection 1 of this section, or increases such weight beyond the limits fixed for any British steam-ship by the Government surveyor as hereinafter mentioned, he shall, in addition to any other liabilities incurred by so doing, a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
4. The Governor may, from time to time, appoint such number of fit and proper persons to be Government surveyors for the purposes of this Ordinance as he thinks proper, and appoint their duties, and may, from time to time, remove such surveyors, or any of them, and may, from time to time, fix and alter the remuneration to be received by such surveyors.
5. It shall be lawful for the said surveyors in the execution of their duties to go on board any steam-ship to which this section applies, at all reasonable times, and to inspect the same, or any part thereof, or any of the machinery, boats, equipments, or articles on board thereof, or any certificates of the master, mate, or engineer, to which the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876," or any Ordinance, or any of the regulations made, or to be made under the said Merchant Shipping
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Shelter for leck pas- sengers.
Penalty.
Penalty for improper weight on safety valve.
Ibid, sec. 802.1
Governor to appoint surveyors,
and fix their remuneration.
Ibid, sec. 305.1
Surveyors to
have power to inspect. [Ibid, sec. 306.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
(2.) With a proper supply of lights inextinguish- able in water, and fitted for attachment to life
buoys.
(e.) Every steam-ship carrying more than twelve passengers by sea, not coming within the provisions of the Chinese Passengers' Act of 1855, or of any Ordinance made in pursuance thereof shall be provided with such shelter for the protection of deck passengers (if any) as the Governor, having regard to the nature of the passage, the number of deck passengers to be carried, the season of the year, the safety of the ship, and the circumstances of the case, may require.
If any such steam-ship as aforesaid goes to sea from any port in the Colony without being so provided as hereinbefore required, then for each default in any of the above requisites, the owner shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the master shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
3. If any person places an undue weight on the safety valve of any steam-ship coming within the meaning of subsection 1 of this section, or increases such weight beyond the limits fixed for any British steam-ship by the Government surveyor as hereinafter mentioned, he shall, in addition to any other liabilities, incur by so doing, a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
4. The Governor may, from time to time, appoint such number of fit and proper persons to be Government surveyors for the purposes of this Ordinance as he thinks proper, and appoint their duties, and may, from time to time, remove such surveyors, or any of them, and may, from time to time, fix and alter the remuneration to be received by such surveyors.
5. It shall be lawful for the said surveyors in the execution of their duties to go on board any steam-ship to which this section applies, at all reasonable times, and to inspect the same, or any part thereof, or any of the machinery, boats, equipments, or articles on board thereof, or any certificates of the master, mate, or engineer, to which the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876," or any Ordinance, or any of the regulations made, or to be made under the said Merchant Shipping
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