942
No. 10 of 1899.
Harbour Master may refuse clearance to ship carrying more passengers than allowed by certificate.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Penalties for carrying passengers in excess of numbers allowed by certificate of 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 twelve 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 of the Colony without a clearance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
Penalty for taking more passengers than allowed by clearance.
(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 two hundred dollars, in addition to a fine not exceeding five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the clearance.
Penalty on owner, etc., in like case.
(3) When the master of any ship has become liable under the provisions of sub-section (2) 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.
Production of passenger certificate.
(4) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to refuse a clearance to any ship carrying more than twelve 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.
Deck passengers.
(5) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to prohibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
PART IV.
SAFETY.
Life-saving appliances.
13.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations with respect to the following matters:
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
942
No. 10 of 1899.
Harbour
Master may refuse clear-
carrying
more passen- gers than allowed by certificate.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Penalties for carrying passengers in excess of numbers allowed by certificate of clearance.
12. (1) The master of every ship shall, on application to the Harbour Master for a port clearance, state the number ance to ship 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 twelve 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 of the Colony without a clearance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
Penalty for taking more passengers
(2) The master of any ship who, after having obtained a port clearance, leaves or attempts to leave the waters of the than allowed Colony with any number of passengers greater than that by clearance. allowed by the clearance shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, in addition to a fine not exceeding five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the clearance.
Penalty on owner, etc., in like case.
Production of
passenger certificate.
Deck passengers.
Power to make
Schedule. Table A.
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(3) When the master of any ship has become liable under the provisions of sub-section (2) 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 twelve 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.
PART IV.
SAFETY,
Life-saving appliances.
13.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations with respect to the following matters :---
* As amended by Law Rev, Ord,, 1924.
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