Section 4
of Merchant Shipping Exemption Order 1961
Section 4
Small ships which are licensed under the Merchant Shipping (Licensed Small Ships) Regulations, 1961 G.N. No.
S 32 of 1961], and which comply therewith shall be exempt from –
(a)
the provisions of Chapter 18, Part IV and Chapter 28 of the Ordinance;
(b)
the provisions of subsection (2) of section 247 of the Ordinance so long as the ship is owned by a person or body corporate ordinarily resident in North Borneo, Sarawak or Brunei;
(c)
any subsidiary legislation applied under section 278 of the Ordinance except –
(i)
the Merchant Shipping (Implementation of Conventions Relating to Carriage of Goods by Sea and to
Liability of Shipowners and Others) Regulations, 1960;
(ii)
the Merchant Shipping (Signals of Distress) Regulations, 1961;
(iii)
the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations, 1961;
(iv)
the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Births and Deaths at Sea) Regulations, 1961;
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Merchant Shipping (Exemptions) Order 1961
(v)
the Merchant Shipping (Marine Courts) Regulations, 1961; and
(vi)
the Merchant Shipping (Medical Scales) Regulations, 1961.
Exemptions for ships under forty tons.