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1490 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 .


Merchant Shipping.


How long 13. No certificate shall be held to be in force for the purposes of this
certificates to
continue in section beyond a period of twelve months ; and no certificate shall be in
force.
[Ibid, sec. force after notice is given by the Governor to the owner, agent , or master
315.]
of the ship to which the same relates , that he has cancelled or revoked.
the same. Provided that if any steam- ship is absent from the Colony at
the time when her certificate expires no penalty shall be incurred until
she commences a voyage after her next subsequent return to the Colony,
and the Governor may require any certificate which has expired or has
been revoked or cancelled to be delivered up as he directs, and any owner,

agent, or master, who without any reasonable cause neglects or refuses to
comply with such requirement, shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty
dollars .

Governor may 14. The Governor may revoke and cancel such certificates in any
cancel certifi
cates , and ―――――
case in which he has reason to believe :
require fresh
declarations .
[Ibid, sec. (a. ) That the declarations of the sufficiency and good condition
316. ]
of the hull, equipments , and machinery of any steam- ship
have been fraudulently or erroneously made ; or,

(b. ) That such certificate has otherwise been issued upon false
or erroneous information ; or ,

(c. ) That since the making of such declarations , the hull
equipments, or machinery of such steam-ship have
sustained any injury , or are otherwise insufficient :

And in every such case the Governor may , if he thinks fit , require the
owner to have the hull , equipments or machinery of such steam- ship
again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration or declarations of

the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re - issuing any certificate,
or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.


Copy of 15. The owner, agent, or master of every such steam- ship, shall
certificate to
be placed in forthwith , on the transmission of any such certificate as aforesaid to him
conspicuous
part of ship. or his agent, cause one of the duplicates thereof so transmitted to be put
Ibid, sec.
317. ] up in some conspicuous part of the ship , so as to be visible to all persons
on board the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long
as such certificate remains in force and such steam- ship is in use ; and in

default, such owner, agent, or master shall, for every offence, incur a
penalty not exceeding fifty dollars .