Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

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Issue of passenger steamer’s certificate.

274. On the receipt of the declarations of survey, the Board of Trade shall, if satisfied that this Part of this Act has been complied with, issue in duplicate a passenger steamer’s certificate, that is to say, a certificate stating such compliance and stating, according to the declarations—

(a) the limits (if any) beyond which the steamer is not fit to ply; and

(b) the number of passengers which the steamer is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, the number to be carried in each part of the steamer, and any conditions and variations to which the number is subject.