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30º & 31º VICTORIÆ, Cap. 124.


 * In British Possessions out of the United Kingdom the Governor or other Officer administering the Government for the Time being shall have the Power of appointing Medical Inspectors of Seamen, of charging Fees for Inspections, when applied for, and of determining the Remuneration to be paid to such Inspectors.

Offenses by British subjects on board ships. 11. If any British Subject commits any Crime or Offence on board any British Ship, or on board any Foreign Ship to which he does not belong, any Court of Justice in Her Majesty's Dominions, which would have had Cognizance of such Crime or Offence if committed on board a British Ship within the Limits of the ordinary Jurisdiction of such Court, shall have Jurisdiction to hear and determine the Case as if the said Crime or Offence had been committed as last aforesaid.

Harbour Master at Holyhead may be commissioned as Justice. 12. The Harbour Master for the Time being of the Harbour of Holyhead, in the event of its seeming meet to Her Majesty to assign to him Her Majesty's Commission to act as a Justice of the Peace within the Limits within which he is empowered to act in Harbour Matters, shall, during the Continuance of such Assignment and of his Tenure of the Office of Harbour Master, execute within such Limits the Duties of a Justice of the Peace, notwithstanding he may not be qualified by Estate to be a Justice of the Peace for a County, and shall have within such Limits the same Power and Jurisdiction as a Stipendiary Magistrate has by Act of Parliament when sitting at a Police Court or other Place appointed in that Behalf.