Ships, &c. 59. Rules for ascertaining register tonnage. 60. Allowance for engine-room space in steamships. 61. Deductions for ascertaining tonnage. 62. Provisions as to deductions in cases of certain steamships. 63. Measurement of ships with double bottoms for water ballast. 64. Tonnage once ascertained to be, except in certain cases, the tonnage of a ship. 65. Fees for measurement. 66. Tonnage of ships of foreign countries adopting tonnage regulations. 67. Space occupied by deck cargo to be liable to dues. 68. Surveyors and regulations for measurement of ships. 69. Levy of tonnage rates under local Acts on the registered tonnage. PART IV. NAMES OF SHIPS. 70. Rules as to name of ship. 71. Power for Board of Trade to refuse registry of ship by proposed name, &c. PART V. NATIONAL CHARACTER AND FLAG. 72. National character of ship to be declared before clearance. 73. Penalty for unduly assuming British character. 74. Penalty for concealment of British or assumption of foreign character. 75. Penalty for acquiring ownership if unqualified. 76. Liabilities of ships not recognised as British. 77. National colours for vessels and penalty for carrying improper colours. 78. Penalty for not showing colours. 79. Saving for Admiralty. Clause. Ships, &c. PART VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 80. Provision for cases of incapacity. 81. Provision with respect to notice of trusts. 82. Provision with respect to non-exclusion of equities. 83. Liability of owners. 84. Power for registrar to dispense with declarations and other evidence. 85. 86. 87. Mode of making declarations. Fees for registration, transmission, &c., of ships. 88. Payment of certain fees, &c., into the Exchequer. 89. Application of fees. 90. Returns by registrars. 91. Evidence of register book, certificate of registry, and other documents. 92. Forms of documents, and instructions as to registry. 93. Forgery of documents. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, &C. 97. Prosecution of offences. 98. Application of Summary Jurisdiction Acts. 99. Appeal from conviction, sentence or order of court of summary jurisdiction. 100. Limitation of time for summary proceedings. 101. Jurisdiction in cases of offences. 102. Fines, &c., leviable by distress on ship. 103. Depositions. 104. Provision with respect to proof of attestation. 105. Admissibility of documents in evidence. 106. Service of documents. 107. Proof, &c., of exemption. 108. Application of penalties. 109. Expenses of prosecution of misdemeanour. 110. Legal proceedings by Board of Trade. 111. Prosecution of offences in British possessions. Ships, &c. 114. Power for Board of Trade to exempt ships, &c. 115. Advisory committees. 116. Expenses incurred by Commissioners of Customs and Excise. 117. Proof of documents. 118. Exemption from stamp duty. 119. Forgery, &c., of seal of Board of Trade. 120. Printing, &c., false documents. 121. Surveyors and inspectors. 122. Powers of Colonial Legislatures to alter provisions of Act. 123. Regulation of coasting trade by Colonial Legis latures. 124. Provision for foreign places where His Majesty has jurisdiction. 125. Orders in Council under this Act. 126. Application of Act to ships propelled by electricity, &c. 127. Exemption of His Majesty's ships. 128. Definitions. 129. Application to Scotland. 130. Extent of Act. 131. Repeals. 132. Provisions relating to transition. 133. Commencement, restriction on application, and short title. SCHEDULES. Ships, &c. A BILL ΤΟ Consolidate and amend the law relating to the A.D. 1924. BE E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows:- PART I. REGISTRATION AND OWNERSHIP. 1. A ship shall not be deemed to be a British ship Qualificaunless owned wholly by persons of the following descrip- tion for 10 tion (in this Act referred to as persons qualified to be owing owners of British ships), namely: 15 (a) Natural-born British subjects; (b) Persons naturalised by or in pursuance of an (c) Persons made denizens by letters of denization; British ships. (M.S. Act, 1894, s. 1.) |