946
(s. 14 contd.] Penalty for neglecting to mark lines.
etc.
Penalty for inaccurate marks.
Submerged load-line.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 439
[cf. s. 17 (5)]
Delivery of written statement to Harbour Master.
Government Marine Surveyor to certify on behalf of Governor.
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING
(3) Every owner or master of a ship (except ships under twenty-five tons not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, ships not trading or plying for hire, and ships employed solely as tugs), being within the waters of the Colony, who neglects to cause such ship to be marked with deck and load-lines or to keep such ship so marked, or who allows such ship to be so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc, and every person who conceals, removes, alters, defaces, or obliterates, or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface, or obliterate, any of the said marks, except in the event of the particulars thereby denoted being lawfully altered, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(4) If any of the marks required by this section are in any respect inaccurate so as to be likely to mislead, the owner or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(5) If a ship is so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc indicating the load-line, the ship shall be deemed to be an unsafe ship within the meaning of the provisions of section 17, and such submersion shall be a reasonable and probable cause for the detention of the ship.
(6) The owner, agent, or master of a ship required to be marked with deck and load-lines, shall also, on clearing the ship deliver to the Harbour Master a statement in writing of the distance in feet and inches between the centre of the disc and the upper edge of each of the lines indicating the position of the ship's deck which is above that centre. If default is made in delivering this statement in the case of any such ship, the Harbour Master may refuse to clear the ship.
(7) The Governor may appoint the Government Marine Surveyor or any other person specially selected by him to approve and certify on his behalf the position of any disc indicating the load-line and any alteration thereof, and the Governor in Council may appoint fees to be taken in respect of any such approval or certificate.
Schedule. Table C.
(8) Every ship to which this section applies and upon which a disc indicating the load-line has been marked shall be kept so marked until the said ship next returns to the Colony.
[(9), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]
946
(s. 14 contd.] Penalty for neglecting to mark lines.
etc.
Penalty for inaccurate
marks.
Submerged load-line.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, s. 439
[cf. s. 17 (5)]
Delivery of written state
ment to Har-
bour Master.
Government Marine Surveyor to
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(3) Every owner or master of a ship (except ships under twenty-five tons not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, ships not trading or plying for hire, and ships employed solely as tugs), being within the waters of the Colony, who neglects to cause such ship to be marked with deck and load-lines or to keep such ship so marked, or who allows such ship to be so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc, and every person who conceals, removes, alters, delaces, or obliterates, or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface, or obliterate, any of the said marks, except in the event of the particulars thereby denoted being lawfully altered, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(4) If any of the marks required by this section are in any respect inaccurate so as to be likely to mislead, the owner or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five -hundred dollars.
(5) If a ship is so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc indicating the load-line, the ship shall be deemed to be an unsafe ship within the meaning of the provisions of section 17, and such submersion shall be a rea- senable and probable cause for the detention of the ship.
(6) The owner, agent, or master of a ship required to be marked with deck and load-lines, shall also, on clearing the ship deliver to the Harbour Master a statement in writing of the distance in feet and inches between the centre of the dise and the upper edge of each of the lines indicating the position of the ship's deck which is above that centre. default is made in delivering this statement in the case of any such ship, the Harbour Master may refuse to clear the ship.
If
(7) The Governor may appoint the Government Marine Surveyor or any other person specially selected by him for approve and that purpose, to approve and certify on his behalf the position of any disc indicating the load-line and any altera- tion thereof, and the Governor in Council may appoint fers to be taken in respect of any such approval or certificate.
certify on
behalf of Governor. Schedule. Table C.
Ship to be kept marked.
(8) Every ship to which this section applies and upon which a dise indicating the load-line has been marked shall be kept so marked until the said ship next returns to the Colony.
[(9), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]
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