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title: "Merchant Shipping Act 1906"
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# Merchant Shipping Act 1906

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Merchant Shipping Act 1906
1906 c.48
An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900.
[21st December 1906]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2}



## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-34.}



## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5}



## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-6}



## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-78.}



## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-9}



## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-10}



## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-11}



## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-12}



## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-13}



## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-14}



## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-15}



## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-16}



## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1720.}



## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-21}



## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-22}



## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2324.}



## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2526.}



## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-27}



## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2843.}



## 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-44}



## 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-4548.}



## 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-49}



## 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-50}



## 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-51}



## 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-52}



## 53 Amendment of 57 & 58 Vict, c. 60. s. 48. {#section-53}

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## 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5455.}



## 56 Secound mate certificates allowed in small foreign-going sailing ships. {#section-56}

The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section ninety-two of the principal Act (which relates to the certificates of competency to be held by officers of ships):—
(b) If the ship is of one hundred tons burden or upwards with at least one officer besides the master holding a certificate not lower than that of—
(i) mate in the case of a home trade passenger ship;
(ii) secound mate in the case of a foreign-going sailing ship of not more than two hundred tons burden ; and
(iii) only mate in the case of any other foreign-going ship.

## 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-57}



## 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-58}



## 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5963.}



## 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-64}



## 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-65}



## 66–68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-6668}



## 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-69}



## 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-7071.}



## 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-72}



## 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-73}



## 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-74}



## 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-75}



## 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-76}



## 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-77}



## 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-78}



## 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-79}



## 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-80}



## 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-81}



## 82 Amendment of procedure in Scotland. {#section-82}

The principal Act in its application to Scotland, is amended as follows:—
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . every offence referred to in section seven hundred and two of the principal Act may be prosecuted by indictment.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-83}



## 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-84}



## 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-85}



## 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-86}



## SCHEDULE 1 {#schedule-1}

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## SCHEDULE 2 {#schedule-2}

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