Section 1

This Ordinance may be cited as The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1960.

This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation that it is Her Majesty’s pleasure not to disallow the same, and, subject to subsection (3) it shall come into operation on such date as the Governor may appoint.

2

A notification under subsection (2) may appoint different dates in relation to different provisions or may appoint different dates for the same provision for different purposes.

Subject to such modifications or exceptions as may be prescribed, the provisions of this Ordinance, other than Part IX, shall apply to a ship registered or licensed in Sarawak or

Brunei when within North Borneo, to the same extent as they apply to a North Borneo Ship.

(Repealed)

Interpretation.