MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
597
etc.
(2) Every register or certificate, authorized or required by this section, may be proved in any court or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of the original, or by an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the Registrar of Shipping, or other person who may happen to have charge of the original, which certified copy he is hereby required to furnish to every person applying at a reasonable time for the same, and paying therefor such fee as the Governor in Council shall prescribe; and every document when so proved shall be received as primâ facie evidence of all matters therein recited, stated or appearing.
(3) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section except under the fiat of the Attorney General.
PART II.
MASTERS AND SEAMEN.
Certificates of competency.
4. (1) The name of a master, first, only, or second mate, 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.
(1A) Every officer on board a foreign passenger steamship who has received a certificate of competency granted by a competent authority of his country, which the Governor is satisfied is of corresponding value to any certificate of competency granted under this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be duly certificated under this Ordinance in respect of such foreign steamship, provided that his certificate is of a grade appropriate to his station in the foreign steamship or of a higher grade.
(2) Every British ship, and every foreign ship holding a passenger certificate under section 10 shall, when leaving any
* For appointment of Harbour Master to be Registrar of British ships, see G.N. No. 317 of 27.5.1927.
As amended by No. 11 of 1931 [11.9.31], No. 28 of 1933 [22.12.33], No. 28 of 1935 [1.7.35] and Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
597
etc.
(2) Every register or certificate, authorized or required by Proof of this section, may be proved in any court or before any person register, having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of the original, or by an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the Registrar of Shipping, or other person who may happen to have charge of the original, which certified copy he is hereby required to furnish to every person applying at a reasonable time for the same, and paying therefor such fee as the Governor in Council shall prescribe; and every document when so proved shall be received as primâ facie evidence of all matters therein recited, stated or appearing.
(3) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section Consent to except under the fiat of the Attorney General.
PART II.
MASTERS AND SEAMEN.
Certificates of competency.
prosecution.
engineer
4. (1) The name of a master, first, only, or second mate, Master, or first or second engineer shall not be attached to the register mate and or articles of agreement of any British ship, unless such master, to possess mate or engineer possesses a certificate of service or competency certificates. granted in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping [cf. Orders Acts, or a colonial certificate of competency declared by any in Council, Order of His Majesty in Council to be of the same force as if 9th May, it had been granted under the said Acts.
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22nd Octo- ber, 1906.]
certificates
(1A) Every officer on board a foreign passenger steamship Recognition who has received a certificate of competency granted by a com- of foreign petent authority of his country, which the Governor is satisfied of com is of corresponding value to any certificate of competency petency of granted under this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be duly ing value to correspond- certificated under this Ordinance in respect of such foreign steam- certificate ship, provided that his certificate is of a grade appropriate to his station in the foreign steamship or of a higher grade.
granted
under this Ordinance.
(2) Every British ship, and every foreign ship holding a Certificated passenger certificate under section 10 shall, when leaving any
* For appointment of Harbour Master to be Registrar of British ships,
see G.N. No. 317 of 27.5.1927.
As amended by No. 11 of 1831 [11.9.31], No. 28 of 1933 [22.12.33],
28 of 1935 [1.7.35] and Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
British ship,
officers of
and foreign ship holding
No.
passenger certificate.
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