970
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING
Harbour Master may refuse clearance to ship carrying more passengers than allowed by certificate.
Penalty for taking more passengers than allowed by clearance.
Penalty on owner, etc., in like case.
Production of passenger certificate.
Deck passengers.
Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of numbers allowed by Certificate or Clearance.
12.—(1) The master of every ship shall, on application to the Harbour Master for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he purposes to carry on the then projected voyage; and if such number is in excess of the number allowed by the passenger certificate, or exceeds 12 in the case of a ship which is not provided with a passenger certificate, the Harbour Master may refuse clearance. Any master who wilfully misrepresents the number of passengers so about to be carried, or leaves or attempts to leave any port in the Colony without a clearance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars.
(2) The master of any ship who, after having obtained a port clearance, leaves or attempts to leave the waters of the Colony with any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the clearance shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 200 dollars, in addition to a fine not exceeding 5 dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the clearance.
(3) When the master of any ship has become liable under the provisions of the last sub-section to the penalty therein mentioned, the owner, agent or consignee of such ship shall be liable to a like penalty, unless he proves that such passengers were shipped without his knowledge or consent and that he derived no profit, benefit, or advantage from the shipping of such passengers.
(4) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to refuse a clearance to any ship carrying more than 12 passengers, except on the production of the passenger certificate (being a certificate then in force and applicable), and he may detain such ship until such certificate is produced.
(5) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to prohibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
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Power to make rules. Table A.
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PART IV.
SAFETY.
(c) i opport
Life-saving Appliances.
13.-(1) The Governor-in-Council may make rules with respect to the following matters :-
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 16 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 2 of 1903, No. 9 of 1909, No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912 and No. 17 of 1912.
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970
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Harbour
Master may refuse clear-
ance to ship carrying
more passen- gers than allowed by certificate.
*
Penalty for taking more passengers than allowed by clearance.
Penalty on owner, etc., in like case.
Production of
passenger certificate.
Deck
passengers.
Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of numbers allowed by
Certificate or Clearance.
12.—(1) The master of every ship shall, on application to the Harbour Master for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he purposes to carry on the then projected voyage; and if such number is in excess of the number allowed by the passenger certifi- cate, or exceeds 12 in the case of a ship which is not provided with a passenger certificate, the Harbour Master may refuse clearance. Any master who wilfully misrepresents the number of passengers so about to be carried, or leaves or attempts to leave any port in the Colony without a clearance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars.
(2) The master of any ship who, after having obtained a port clearance, leaves or attempts to leave the waters of the Colony with any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the clearance shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 200 dollars, in addition to a fine not exceeding 5 dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the clearance.
(3) When the master of any ship has become liable under the provisions of the last sub-section to the penalty therein mentioned, the owner, agent or consignee of such ship shall be liable to a like penalty, unless he proves that such passengers were shipped without his knowledge or consent and that he derived no profit, benefit, or advantage from the shipping of such passengers.
(4) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to refuse a clearance to any ship carrying more than 12 passengers, except on the pro- duction of the passenger certificate (being a certificate then in force and applicable), and he may detain such ship until such certificate is produced.
(5) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to prohibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
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Power to make rules. Table A.
+
PART IV.
SAFETY.
(c) i
opport
Life-saving Appliances.
13.-(1) The Governor-in-Council may make rules with respect to the following matters :-
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 16 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 2 of 1903, No. 9 of 1909, No. 30 of 1911,
No. 50 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912 and No. 17 of 1912.
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