660
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[s. 37 contd.] Safety valve of unlicensed launch or ferry vessel.
Unseaworthiness.
Inspection.
Cancellation or suspension of licence by Harbour Master.
Cancellation or suspension of licence by Governor in Council.
Cancellation or suspension of local certificate of competency by Harbour Master.
(6) Every person who places on the safety valve of any unlicensed launch or ferry vessel any greater pressure than would have been lawful if the launch or ferry vessel had been surveyed immediately before the occurrence of the alleged offence and had been licensed under this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(7) Every owner, agent, charterer or master of any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat who permits such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat to ply while in an unseaworthy or unsafe condition, whether by reason of overloading or from any other cause whatsoever, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor or any person authorized thereto by the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor to go on board any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat at any time for the purpose of inspecting such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat, and no person shall obstruct any such inspection.
(9) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, the licence of any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat if the Government Marine Surveyor reports to him that from any cause the said launch, ferry vessel or motor boat is unfit for the service for which such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat is intended, or if at any time he ceases to approve of the sureties to any bond given under the provisions of any regulation made under this section, or if from any other cause any such bond is or becomes invalid or ceases to be in force.
(10) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, for any cause which he may think fit, to cancel any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat licence or to suspend it for any period.
(11) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, any local certificate of competency issued by virtue of the provisions of this section, if it is proved to his satisfaction after due inquiry that the holder of the certificate has been guilty of any incompetency or negligence in the performance of his duties as master or engineer as the case may be.
660
No. 10 of 1899. ·
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[s. 37 contd.] Safety valve of unlicensed launch or ferry vessel.
Unsea- worthiness.
Inspection.
Cancellation
or suspen- sion of licence by Harbour Master.
Cancellation
or suspen- sion of licence by Governor in Council.
Cancellation
or suspen- sion of local
certificate of competency by Harbour Master.
(6) Every person who places on the safety valve of any unlicensed launch or ferry vessel any greater pressure than would have been lawful if the launch or ferry vessel had been surveyed immediately before the occurrence of the alleged offence and had been licensed under this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(7) Every owner, agent, charterer or master of any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat who permits such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat to ply while in an unseaworthy or unsafe condition, whether by reason of overloading or from any other cause whatsoever, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(8) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or the Govern- ment Marine Surveyor or any person authorized thereto by the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor to go on board any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat at any time for the purpose of inspecting such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat, and no person shall obstruct any such inspection.
(9) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, the licence of any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat if the Government Marine Surveyor reports-to him that from any cause the said launch, ferry vessel or motor boat is unfit for the service for which such launch, ferry vessel or motor boat is intended, or if at any time he ceases to approve of the sureties to any bond given under the provisions of any regulation made under this section, or if from any other cause any such bond is or becomes invalid or ceases to be in force.
(10) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, for any cause which he may think fit, to cancel any launch, ferry vessel or motor boat licence or to suspend it for any period.
(11) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cancel, or to suspend for any period, any local certificate of competency issued by virtue of the provisions of this section, if it is proved to his satisfaction after due inquiry that the holder of the certificate has been guilty of any incompetency or negligence in the performance of his duties as master or engineer as the case may be.
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