Section 9
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 9 of 280
Section 9
(1)
The master of every British or North Borneo ship –
(a)
on signing the agreement with the crew before the Superintendent, shall produce to him the certificates of competency which the officers of the ship are by or under this Ordinance required to hold; and
(b)
in the case of a running agreement, shall also, before the second and every subsequent voyage, produce to the Superintendent the certificate of competency of any officer then first engaged by him who is required by this
Ordinance to hold a certificate.
(2)
In case the master of any ship fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the ship may be detained until the certificates are produced.
Ship leaving without clearance.