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any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the clearance commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for 6 months and to a fine of $10,000 and an additional fine of $5,000 in respect of each passenger in excess of the number permitted by the clearance.
(4) Whenever the master of a ship is guilty of an offence under subsection (3), the owner and agent (if any) of the ship shall each be guilty of the same offence and shall each be liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for that offence, unless he proves that—
(a) the passengers involved in the offence were shipped without his knowledge or consent; and
(b) he derived no profit, benefit or advantage from the shipping of the passengers.
(5) The Director may refuse a clearance to any ship carrying more than 12 passengers, except on the production of the passenger certificate, being a certificate in force and applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed; and he may detain such ship until such certificate is produced.
(6) The Director may by order prohibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
40. Any person who places an undue weight on the safety valve of any steamship or increases the weight on such safety valve beyond the limits fixed by a Government surveyor commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
41. (1) No ship registered in Hong Kong, being a ship over 150 tons gross tonnage, shall proceed to sea on an international voyage unless the ship is provided with an efficient signalling lamp.
(2) If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section, the owner or master thereof commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
42. (1) No ship registered in Hong Kong shall have on board as part of its equipment an anchor or cable unless—
(a) the anchor or cable has been marked, and a certificate in respect of it has been issued, in accordance with the regulations made under section 103; or
(b) the anchor or cable is one to which those regulations do not apply by virtue of any regulation made under paragraph (e) of section 103(1).
(2) If subsection (1) is contravened in respect of any ship the owner or master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
(3) If any person applies to any anchor or cable which has not passed the tests prescribed by regulations made under section 103
Prohibition on increasing weight on safety valve.
Signalling lamps.
Anchors and cables.
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any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the clearance commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for 6 months and to a fine of $10,000 and an additional fine of $5,000 in respect of each passenger in excess of the number permitted by the clearance.
(4) Whenever the master of a ship is guilty of an offence under subsection (3), the owner and agent (if any) of the ship shall each be guilty of the same offence and shall each be liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for that offence, unless he proves that—
(a) the passengers involved in the offence were shipped with-
out his knowledge or consent; and
(b) he derived no profit, benefit or advantage from the ship-
ping of the passengers.
(5) The Director may refuse a clearance to any ship carrying more than 12 passengers, except on the production of the passenger certificate, being a certificate in force and applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed; and he may detain such ship until such certificate is produced.
(6) The Director may by order prohibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
40. Any person who places an undue weight on the safety valve of any steamship or increases the weight on such safety valve beyond the limits fixed by a Government surveyor commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
41. (1) No ship registered in Hong Kong, being a ship over 150 tons gross tonnage, shall proceed to sea on an international voyage unless the ship is provided with an efficient signalling lamp.
(2) If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section, the owner or master thereof commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
42. (1) No ship registered in Hong Kong shall have on board as part of its equipment an anchor or cable unless-
(a) the anchor or cable has been marked, and a certificate in respect of it has been issued, in accordance with the regulations made under section 103; or
(b) the anchor or cable is one to which those regulations do not apply by virtue of any regulation made under para- graph (e) of section 103(1).
(2) If subsection (1) is contravened in respect of any ship the owner or master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
(3) If any person applies to any anchor or cable which has not passed the tests prescribed by regulations made under section 103
Prohibition on increasing weight on safety valve.
Signalling lamps.
Anchors and cables.
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