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918

No. 10 of 1899.

Consent to

MERCHANT SHIPPING,

[(9) and (10), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924 : (11), rep. No. 2 of 1903: (12), (13) and (14), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]

(15) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section prosecution. except under the fiat of the Attorney General.

Master, mate, to possess certificates.

*

PART II.

MASTERS AND SEAMEN.

Certificates of competency.

4.-(1) The name of a master, first, only, or second mate, and engineer or first or second engineer shall not be attached to the register or articles of agreement of any British ship, unless such master, mate, or engineer possesses a certificate of service or competency granted in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Acts, or a colonial certificate of competency declared by any Order of His Majesty in Council to be of the same force as if it had been granted under the said Acts.

[cf. Orders in Council, 9th May, 1891, and 22nd October, 1906.]

Certificated officers of British ship, and foreign passenger ship holding certificates.

(2) Every British ship, and every foreign ship holding a certificate under section 10 shall, when leaving any port of the Colony, be provided with officers who possess certificates of competency of a grade appropriate to their stations in the ship or of a higher grade, according to the following scale:

(a) in any case, with a duly certificated master;

(b) if the ship is of one hundred tons or upwards, with at least one officer besides the master holding a certificate not lower than that of only mate, or of second mate in the case of a sailing ship of not more than two hundred tons, or of mate of a river steamer, in the case of a river steamer;

(c) if the ship carries more than one mate, with at least the first and second mates duly certificated;

(d) if the ship is a steamship of one hundred nominal horse-power or upwards, with at least two engineers, one of whom shall be a first class and the other a first class or second class engineer duly certificated; and,

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

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918 No. 10 of 1899. Consent to MERCHANT SHIPPING, [(9) and (10), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924 : (11), rep. No. 2 of 1903: (12), (13) and (14), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.] (15) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section prosecution. except under the fiat of the Attorney General. Master, mate, to possess certificates. * PART II. MASTERS AND SEAMEN. Certificates of competency. 4.-(1) The name of a master, first, only, or second mate, and engineer or first or second engineer shall not be attached to the register or articles of agreement of any British ship, unless such master, mate, or engineer possesses a certificate of service or competency granted in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Acts, or a colonial certificate of competency declared by any Order of His Majesty in Council to be of the same force as if it had been granted under the said Acts. [cf. Orders in Council, 9th May, 1891, and 22nd October, 1906.] Certificated officers of British ship, and foreign passenger ship holding certificates. (2) Every British ship, and every foreign ship holding a certificate under section 10 shall, when leaving any port of the Colony, be provided with officers who possess certificates of competency of a grade appropriate to their stations in the ship or of a higher grade, according to the following scale: (a) in any case, with a duly certificated master; (b) if the ship is of one hundred tons or upwards, with at least one officer besides the master holding a certificate not lower than that of only mate, or of second mate in the case of a sailing ship of not more than two hundred tons, or of mate of a river steamer, in the case of a river steamer; (c) if the ship carries more than one mate, with at least the first and second mates duly certificated; (d) if the ship is a steamship of one hundred nominal horse-power or upwards, with at least two engineers, one of whom shall be a first class and the other a first class or second class engineer duly certificated; and, * As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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918 No. 10 of 1899. Consent to MERCHANT SHIPPING, [(9) and (10), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924 : (11), rep. No. 2 of 1903: (12), (13) and (14), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.] (15) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section prosecution. except under the fiat of the Attorney General. Master, mate, to possess certificates. * PART H. MASTERS AND SEAMEN. Certificates of competency. 4.-(1) The name of a master, first, only, or second mate, and engineer or first or second engineer shall not be attached to the register or articles of agreement of any British ship, unless such [cf. Orders in master, mate, or engineer possesses a certificate of service or Council, 9th competency granted in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Acts, or a colonial certificate of com- petency declared by any Order of His Majesty in Council to be of the same force as if it had been granted under the said Acts. May, 1891, and 22nd October, 1906.] Certificated officers of British ship, and foreign passenger (2) Every British ship, and every foreign ship holding a certificate under section 10 shall, when leaving any port of the Colony, be provided with officers who possess ship holding certificates of competency of a grade appropriate to their stations in the ship or of a higher grade, according to the following scale:---- passenger certificate. (a) in any case, with a duly certificated master; (b) if the ship is of one hundred tons or upwards, with at least one officer besides the master holding a certificate not lower than that of only mate, or of second mate in the case of a sailing ship of not more than two hundred tons, or of mate of a river steamer, in the case of a river steamer; (c) if the ship carries more than one mate, with at least the first and second mates duly certificated; (d) if the ship is a steamship of one hundred nominal horse-power or upwards, with at least two engineers, one of whom shall be a first class and the other a first class or second class engineer duly certificated; and, * As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. i
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918

No. 10 of 1899.

Consent to

MERCHANT SHIPPING,

[(9) and (10), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924 : (11), rep. No. 2 of 1903: (12), (13) and (14), rep. Law

Revision Ordinance, 1924.]

(15) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section prosecution. except under the fiat of the Attorney General.

Master, mate,

to possess certificates.

*

PART H.

MASTERS AND SEAMEN.

Certificates of competency.

4.-(1) The name of a master, first, only, or second mate, and engineer or first or second engineer shall not be attached to the register or articles of agreement of any British ship, unless such [cf. Orders in master, mate, or engineer possesses a certificate of service or Council, 9th competency granted in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Acts, or a colonial certificate of com- petency declared by any Order of His Majesty in Council to be of the same force as if it had been granted under the said Acts.

May, 1891, and 22nd October, 1906.]

Certificated officers of British ship,

and foreign

passenger

(2) Every British ship, and every foreign ship holding a certificate under section 10 shall, when leaving any port of the Colony, be provided with officers who possess ship holding certificates of competency of a grade appropriate to their stations in the ship or of a higher grade, according to the following scale:----

passenger

certificate.

(a) in any case, with a duly certificated master;

(b) if the ship is of one hundred tons or upwards, with at least one officer besides the master holding a certificate not lower than that of only mate, or of second mate in the case of a sailing ship of not more than two hundred tons, or of mate of a river steamer, in the case of a river steamer;

(c) if the ship carries more than one mate, with at least the first and second mates duly certificated;

(d) if the ship is a steamship of one hundred nominal horse-power or upwards, with at least two engineers, one of whom shall be a first class and the other a first class or second class engineer duly certificated; and,

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

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