Section 248

No person shall be charged with any offence under this Ordinance, other than an offence relating to discipline or order on board a ship, except on the complaint of the Director or any person authorized in writing in that behalf; in respect of matters under the jurisdiction of the Director, of the State Director or any person authorized in writing in that behalf in respect of matters under the jurisdiction of the State Director and, in the case where section 4

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of the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878, applies, no charge shall, save to the extent mentioned in section 5 of that Act, be proceeded with except with the leave of the Governor.

Legal proceedings under the Merchant Shipping Acts in North Borneo.