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Certificate to be given to successful candidate.
Certificate to be subject to Regulations.
Copy of be granted in case of loss. M. S. Act, 1894, s. 101.
Production of certificates. Ib. s. 103.
Forgery of certificate. Ib. s. 104.
Mercantile Marine Office.
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of the Colony a fee of five dollars for the examination of each cant.
(14.) Every applicant who has passed a satisfactory examination, and has given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience, and general good conduct on board ship, shall be entitled to receive, on the recommendation of the board, a certificate of competency signed by the Governor.
(15.) Certificates of competency granted under this section shall be subject to the Regulations made under the Order of Her Majesty in Council dated the 9th day of May, 1891, with respect to the delivery, cancellation, and suspension of Colonial certificates of competency and to any further regulations which may subsequently be made under the same authority.
(16.) If a master, mate, or engineer proves, to the satisfaction of the Governor, that he has, without fault on his part, lost or been deprived of a certificate already granted to him under this section, the Governor shall, and in any other case may, on payment of such fee, if any, as he may direct, cause a copy of the certificate to which, by the record kept, he appears to be entitled to be delivered to him; and such copy shall have all the effect of the original.
(17.) The master of a ship, on signing the agreement with the crew before the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, shall produce to him the certificates of competency which the master, mates, and engineers of the ship are hereby required to hold.
(18.) Every person who-
(a.) makes, assists in making, or procures to be made any false representation for the purpose of procuring, either for himself or for any other person, a certificate of competency; or
(b.) fraudulently uses a certificate or copy of a certificate of competency which has been forged, altered, cancelled, or suspended, or to which he is not entitled; or
(c.) fraudulently lends his certificate of competency or allows it to be used by any other person,
shall, in respect of each such offence, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Engagement and Discharge of Seamen.
5.-(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint within the Colony a place to be called the Mercantile Marine Office, at which place shall be conducted all the business connected with the engagement and discharge of seamen on board British and Colonial ships, and Foreign ships whose flag is not represented by a Consular Officer, such ships being in the waters of the Colony. The Harbour Master shall be the
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Certificate to be given to successful candidate.
Certificate to
be subject to Regulations.
Copy of
be granted in case of loss. M. S. Act,
÷1894, s. 101.
·Production of certificates. Ib. s. 103,
Forgery of certificate. Ib. a. 104.
Mercantile
No. 10.]
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D, 1899 of the Colony a fee of five dollars for the examination of each cant.
apph (14.) Every applicant who has passed a satisfactory examination, are y has given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience, and
genera good conduct on board ship, shall be entitled to receive, on the recom mendation of the board, a certificate of competency signed by the Governor.
(15.) Certificates of competency granted under this section shall b subject to the Regulations made under the Order of Her Majesty Council dated the 9th day of May, 1891, with respect to the delivery, cancellation, and suspension of Colonial certificates of co petency and to any further regulations which may subsequently be made under the same authority.
(16.) If a master, mate, or engineer proves, to the satisfaction of the Governor, that he has, without fault on his part, lost or been deprived a certificate already granted to him under this section, the Governor shall, and in any other case may, on payment of such fee, if any, as he may direct, cause a copy of the certificate to which, by the record kept, he appears to be entitled to be delivered to him; and such copy shall have all the effect of the original.
(17.) The master of a ship, on signing the agreement with the crew before the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, shall produce to him the certificates of competency which the master, mates, and engineers of the ship are hereby, required to hold.
(18.) Every person who-
(a.) makes, assists in making, or procures to be made any false representation for the purpose of procuring, either for himself or for any other person, a certificate of competency; or
(b.) fraudulently uses a certificate or copy of a certificate of com petency which has been forged, altered, cancelled, or suspended, or to which he is not entitled; or
(c.) fraudulently lends his certificate of competency or allows it to
be used by any other person,
shall, in respect of each such offence, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Engagement and Discharge of Seamen.
5.-(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint within the Marine Office. Colony a place to be called the Mercantile Marine Office, at which place shall be conducted all the business connected with the engagement and discharge of seamen on board British and Colonial ships, and Foreign ships whose flag is not represented by a Consular Officer, such ships being in the waters of the Colony. The Harbour Master shall be the
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