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MERCHANT SHIPPING.

No. 10 of 1899.

939

the same:

Provided that if any ship is absent from the (s. 10 contd.] Colony at the time of expiry of any certificate granted under this section, no penalty shall be incurred under this section until the said ship commences a voyage after the next sub- sequent return to the Colony. The Governor may require any certificate which has expired or has been revoked or cancelled to be delivered up as he directs, and every owner, agent, or master who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

(19) The Governor may revoke and cancel any such Governor certificate in any case in which he has reason to believe----

may cancel Certificate

fresh

(a) that the declarations of the sufficiency and good and require condition of the hull, equipments, and machinery of the ship declarations. have been fraudulently or erroneously made; or

(b) that such certificate has otherwise been issued upon false or erroneous information; or

(c) that, since the making of such declarations, the hull, equipments, or machinery of the ship has or have sustained any injury or is or are otherwise insufficient ;

and in every such case the Governor may require the owner to have the hull, equipments, or machinery of the ship again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration or declarations. of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.

be placed in

part of ship.

(20) The owner, agent, or master of every such ship shall Certificate to forthwith, on the transmission of any such certificate conspicuous aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of the duplicates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspicuous part of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such certificate remains in force and such ship is in use; and in default such owner, agent, or master shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

of build

(21) The said surveyor or surveyors shall from time to Surveyors to time make such returns to the Governor as he may require make returns with respect to the build, dimensions, draught, burden, rate and other of sailing, room for fuel, and the nature and particulars of particulars

of ship, machinery and equipments of every ship surveyed by him or and owner, them; and every owner, master, and engineer of any such etc., to give ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyor or surveyors all such information and assistance within his power as he or

information.

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