Section 5
Ships of forty tons or less shall be exempt –
of Merchant Shipping Exemption Order 1961
(a)
in the case of a North Borneo ship which does not proceed outside areas 1 to 6 as defined in the Merchant
Shipping (Classification of Coastal Trade Ships) Regulations, 1961 [G.N. No. S 33 of 1961], from the provisions of section 19 of the Ordinance requiring an agreement with the crew;
(b)
in the case of a British ship registered in North Borneo trading direct between any open port in North
Borneo and any territory abutting on the extended coastal trade limits, from the provisions of the Ordinance and subsidiary legislation relating to foreign trade ships if such ship complies with the provisions thereof relating to coastal trade ships classified for full coastal trade limits;
(c)
in the case of any ship not registered as a British ship and not licensed as a North Borneo licensed ship trading direct between any one port in North Borneo and any territory abutting in the extended coastal trading limits, from the requirement in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Ordinance that the ship be provided with a certificate of foreign registry or other document similar or equivalent to that required in the case of a British ship.
Exemption for official logs.