a consular officer under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or

Merchant Shipping (Fees) [Cap. 142 1479 CHAPTER 142. MERCHANT SHIPPING (FEES). ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. SECTION.

CHAPTER 142. MERCHANT SHIPPING (FEES). An Ordinance to Authorise the Collection of Fees in respect of 6 of 1955 Matters connected with Merchant Shipping. [30TH JUNE, 1955.] 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Short title. (Fees) Ordinance. 2. (1) The Governor in Council may, from time to time, by Power~to Order, prescribe the fees to be levied and collected in respect f:::.cn e of matters connected with merchant shipping, and the officers by whom such fees are to be levied and collected. (2) Where such fees are to be paid by the master of a ship, the Governor in Council may direct the deduction, if any, which may be made by the master from the wages of any seaman for full or partial repayment thereof. 3. Unless otherwise prescribed by Order under this Ordinance, Fee~ ~f an officer appointed to perform in Sierra Leone the functions of ~':::r:.r a consular officer under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or any amending Act, shall collect the same fees as are for the time being authorised to be taken by consular officers by any Imperial Order in Council made under the Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891. 4. All fees collected under this Ordinance shall be paid into Fees to be the general revenue of Sierra Leone. ~:!~r~to revenue. I