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AD 1899.]

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

[No. 10.

flag.

Change of

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(9) The British flag may be used on board of any ship lawfully pos- Use of British sing a Certificate of Colonial Registry under this Ordinance. (10) Any change of ownership in any Colonial ship shall render her istry null and void, and the register shall be at once delivered up the Registrar of Shipping; and any change of master shall be indorsed upon the register by the Harbour Master.

to

owner or master.

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(11.) The master of every ship provided with a Certificate of Colonial Nationality of Ord: = of 1903

Registry under sub-section (2.)(b) of this section must be a British master.

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passengers by

(12.) No Colonial ship exceeding sixty tons shall carry more than Carrying of welve passengers for hire, unless she is provided with a Passenger Colonial ship. Certificate under section 10. If not exceeding sixty tons, she shall not Carry any passengers for hire, unless she is provided with a licence from he Harbour Master under section 37.

Merchant

to be subject (13) Every Colonial ship shall be, in every respect, subject to the Colonial ship Provisions of this Ordinance and (except where the same are inconsistent to the with the terms of this Ordinance) to the provisions of the Merchant Ordinance, Shipping Act, 1894, and of any Acts amending the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as British ships registered under the said Act are subject thereto.

Acts, etc. 57 & 68 Vict.

Shipping

c. 60.

58

Certificate of

(14.) Any Certificate of Colonial Registry granted under this section Duration of hall be in force and effect for one year from the date of such certificate, Coc and no longer, and such certificate shall be renewable by indorsement on Registry.

same by the Registrar of Shipping :. Provided always that, whether the certificate is intended to be renewed or not, it shall be delivered into the custody of the Registrar of Shipping five days before the expiration of the

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 Colony. The Owner, agent, or master of any such ship who neglects to comply with the requirements of this sub-section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

(15.) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section except Consent to under the fiat of the Attorney General.

prosecution.

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PART II.

MASTERS AND SEAMEN..

Certificates of Competency.

The name of a master, first, only, or second mate, or first or second engineer shall not be attached to the register or articles of agreement of any British or Colonial Ship, unless such master, mate, or

Ord 70 1801 1903

and engineer Master, mate,

to possess

certificates.

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