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ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 . 1507


Merchant Shipping.


6. Whenever any seaman shall be discharged from any ship within Master shall
give to seaman
the Colony, the master of such ship shall give at the time of such discharge discharged in
Colony certi
to such seaman a written certificate of discharge , specifying the time and ficate of dis
charge, and,
nature of service, and the time of discharge of such seaman , signed by if required, an
i
account of
himself; and if such seaman require it, shall further give him, within wages.
[Ordinance 6
twenty - four hours after demand , a true account in writing of the wages of 1852,
sec. 2. ]
of such seaman , and of all deductions therefrom.

7. No seaman shall be discharged from an English [ " a British " as As to the dis
charge of
amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1880] ship, or any foreign ship whose seamen.
[Ibid, sec, 5. ]
flag is not represented by a Consular officer resident in the Colony, else
where than at the Harbour Master's office, and every seaman discharged

from a foreign ship so represented , shall, within twenty-four hours of
being discharged at the office of his Consul or Vice- Consul , produce to
the Harbour Master, or some person deputed by him, a certificate of his
discharge, signed by such Consul or Vice- Consul, under a penalty not
exceeding twenty-five dollars, in default imprisonment not exceeding
twenty-one days .
8. No master of any ship shall discharge or force therefrom , or wilfully Seamen to be
discharged
or negligently leave behind him , in this Colony, under a penalty not ex only by per
mission of
ceeding twenty- five dollars , any seaman shipped on board thereof, unless Harbour
Master, or
on a certificate from the Harbour Master or his deputy, or from the Consul Consul or
Vice-Consul.
or Vice- Consul, if any , representing the nation to which the ship belongs ; [Ordinance
No. 1 of 1862,
and the Harbour Master or his deputy, and the Consul or Vice - Consul sec. 8. ]
are empowered to withhold or grant his certificate upon such conditions
for the subsistence of the seaman as he shall think fit , and if any seaman .

shall wilfully or negligently remain in the Colony, after the departure of
the vessel in which he shall have shipped, such seaman shall , on con

viction, be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or be
imprisoned for a term not exceeding one month, with or without hard
labour .


CHAPTER VI.

BOARDING - HOUSES FOR SEAMEN.

17. The Harbour Master shall , with the consent of any Police Ma As to the
establishment
gistrate, have power to license a sufficient number of fit and proper persons and regula
tion of board
to keep boarding- houses for seamen , and every such licence shall be coun ing-houses.
[Ordinance
tersigned by the Colonial Secretary, and shall be granted for such period No. 6 of 1852.
sec. 6. ]
not exceeding one year, and upon such terms and security, and shall be