Section 26
Certificates to be held by master and engineer of vessel of between forty and one hundred horsepower.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to Inland Vessels.
An inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] having engines of 4[forty]
or more nominal horse-power, but of less than 2[one hundred] nominal horse-power, shall not
proceed on any voyage unless she has
(a) as her master a person possessing a second-class masters certificate granted under this Act, or any certificate referred to in clause (a) of section 25, and
(b) as her engineer a person possessing a first-class engine-drivers certificate granted under this Act, or an engine-drivers 3[certificate granted or deemed to be granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958)] or any certificate referred to in clause (b) of section 25:
Provided that a 1[mechanically propelled vessel] shall be deemed to have complied with this section if she has as her master and engineer a person possessing both a certificate referred to in clause (a), and a certificate referred to in clause (b), of this section.
(a) as her master a person possessing a second-class masters certificate granted under this Act, or any certificate referred to in clause (a) of section 25, and
(b) as her engineer a person possessing a first-class engine-drivers certificate granted under this Act, or an engine-drivers 3[certificate granted or deemed to be granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958)] or any certificate referred to in clause (b) of section 25:
Provided that a 1[mechanically propelled vessel] shall be deemed to have complied with this section if she has as her master and engineer a person possessing both a certificate referred to in clause (a), and a certificate referred to in clause (b), of this section.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessel" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "eighty".
3. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 19, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
4. Subs. by Act 6 of 1920, s. 7, for "thirty".
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "eighty".
3. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 19, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
4. Subs. by Act 6 of 1920, s. 7, for "thirty".