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Section 190

of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 190 of 280

Section 190

(1)

The master, agent and charterer of every vessel due to arrive at a port in North

Borneo, having on board thereof as cargo any quantity of explosive, shall, not less than forty-eight hours before the arrival of such vessel in North Borneo, furnish the Port Officer with a copy of the manifest of the same, the marks of all packages and the names of the consignees thereof if he knows the same.

(2)

The master of every such vessel –

(a)

shall, on arrival, take the same to the place specified to him by the Port

Officer, and that vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the written permission of the Port Officer;

(b)

shall hoist by day a red flag and show at night a red light where best it may be seen and shall keep such red flag flying by day and such red light showing by night so long as any explosive is on board; and

(c)

shall not anchor such vessel within five hundred yards of any other vessels, except with the permission of the Port Officer.

106

Notice to Port Officer and procedure when explosives due to be shipped from North

Borneo.