Harbours And Merchant Shipping

Cap. 234 · Revised Edition 2020 · 67 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Appointment of harbours
s. 4Limits of the harbour of Belize City
s. 5Harbour Master
s. 6Powers of Minister
s. 7Exemptions
s. 8Minister to make regulations
s. 9Interpretation in Part III
s. 10Act not to interfere with certain Imperial Acts
s. 11Vessels to which Act applies
s. 12Grant of sea worthiness certificates
s. 13Requirements as to boats and life-saving apparatus
s. 14Penalty for overloading
s. 15Repealed
s. 16Penalty for going to sea without being in possession of sea- worthiness certificate
s. 17Repealed
s. 18Power of Minister to make regulations
s. 19Certificates of competency to masters, mates and engineers of coastal and river service vessels
s. 20Power to grant special certificates of service for certain ports
s. 21No vessel to go to sea unless officers have prescribed certificates
s. 22Certificate to be signed by clerk
s. 23Loss of certificate and granting of duplicate
s. 24Power of inspection
s. 25Power of detention of unsafe vessel
s. 26Penalty for sending or attempting to send unseaworthy vessel on voyage
s. 27Penalty for carrying passengers in excess
s. 28Detention of foreign vessels
s. 29Power to detain ships unfit to proceed to sea
s. 30Power of inspectors
s. 31Penalty for obstructing
s. 32Service of order, etc
s. 33Effect of ship’s Belizean register having been closed on her detention
s. 34Cost of survey
s. 35When the Port Authority liable to pay compensation
s. 36Security for costs may be required
s. 37The Port Authority may recover costs of survey
s. 38Port Authority to provide means
s. 39Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
s. 40Levy on and sale of ship
s. 41Harbour Master to enquire into casualties
s. 42Harbour Master may summon witnesses
s. 43Power to require production of log and other documents
s. 44Penalty for neglecting to produce log, etc
s. 45Penalty for impeding Harbour Master
s. 46Magistrate and two nautical assessors to constitute court for formal investigation
s. 47Court to have certain powers of Harbour Master
s. 48Enquiry by Harbour Master into unfitness of master, mate or engineer
s. 49Tribunal for suspension or cancellation of certificates
s. 50Holder of cancelled certificate to deliver it up
s. 51Definition of casualty
s. 52Destruction of moorings, etc
s. 53Obstructing Harbour Master
s. 54Obstructing warrants, etc
s. 55Regulations for loading, and unloading, etc., at piers, wharves, etc
s. 56Interfering with lights, buoys, etc
s. 57Lights exhibited may be ordered to be removed
s. 58Harbour Master may remove light
s. 59Repealed
s. 60Repealed
s. 61Acquisition of interest in or change of ownership of vessel registered in Belize to be notified to Harbour Master
s. 62Matters not provided for to be governed by 1894, c. 60
s. 63Procedure to recover penalties
s. 64General penalty
s. 65Authority for prosecution of offences
s. 66Civil remedies
s. 67Payments into the account of the Authority