Marking of Ships Act (Chapter 50:09)

LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MARKING OF SHIPS ACT CHAPTER 50:09 Act 45 or 1945 ~urrent Authorised Pages Pages Authorised (inclusive) by l.R.O. 1-6 111983 99 L.R.O. J/1983 SECTION LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Marking of Ships CHAPTER 50:09 MARKING OF SHIPS ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Short title. 2. Marking of ships. 3. Application of Act. Chap. 50:09 4. Application for number to be made and ship to be marked therewith. 5. Power of Harbour Master to grant exemption from require ments of section 2. 6. Liability of owners and masters. 7. Penalty. 3 An Act to make prov1s1011 for Identification Marks on Ships 1950 Ed. b I . T . . T b Ch. 18 No. 4. e ongmg to nmdad and o ago. [22ND DECEMBER 1945] 1. This Act may be cited as the Marking of Ships Act. 2. (1) The following requirements shall be complied with by the owner and master of any ship to which this Act applies: ( a) the ship shall have painted on each side of the hull and, if it is a sailing vessel, on each side of the main sail, the letter "T' and a serial number assigned by the Harbour Master of the harbour of Port of Spain, hereinafter referred to as the Harbour Master; (b) every letter "T' and serial number painted on the sides and mainsail of any ship under the require men ts of paragraph ( a) shall at all times be kept visible. . (2) (a) The letter "T' referred to in subsection (1) shall be painted as a block letter and the serial number mentioned therein in Arabic numerals. (b) The breadth of the outline of the letter "T' and of 101 45 of 1945. Commencement. Short title. Marking of ships. L.R.O. 1/1983 4 Application of Act. Ch. 50:0h. Ch. 50:07. LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Chap. 50:09 Marking of Ships each numeral shall be one hundred and fifty millimetres. (c) The height and the maximum width of the letter "T' shall be seven hundred and fifty millimetres. (cl) The height of each numeral shall be seven hundred and fifty millimetres and the width of each numeral shall be as follows: No. 0 .. 600 millimetres ,, l .. 150 " " 2 .. 600 " ,, 3 .. 600 " ,, 4 .. 650 " ,, 5 .. 600 " 6 .. 685 " " 7 .. 530 " 8 .. 600 " " 9 .. 600 " ( e) Each numeral shall be three hundred millimetres apart from any other numeral. (f) The row of numerals shall be centred four hundred millimetres below the letter "T"; but where there is insufficient space to admit of the numerals being centred four hundred mil limetres below the letter "T," the numerals may be centred three hundred and eighty millimetres abreast and to the right of the letter "T." (g) The letter "T' and the serial number shall be painted in white or yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground. (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), if in the case of any particular ship to which this Act applies there is insufficient space on the hull or mainsail thereof to admit of the letter "T' and the serial number assigned thereto being of the dimensions provided for by this section, the Harbour Master may authorise and require such reduction of the dimensions as he may think fit and every owner and master of any such ship shall comply with the requirement. 3. This Act shall apply to the following ships: ( a) sailing vessels belonging to Trinidad anµ Tobago; ( b) vessels registered under the Harbours Act; (c) vessels registered under the Droghers Act; 102 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Marking of Ships Chap. 50:09 ( d) vessels engaged in the fishing industry of Trinidad and Tobago; ( e) power driven vessels the gross tonnage of which is less than one thousand tonnes belonging to Trinidad and Tobago; but shall not apply to (i) any vessel owned by the State; or (ii) any vessel privately owned and used solely for pleasure. 4. The owner or master of any ship to which this Act applies shall (a) immediately after 22nd December 1 ~45 (the date of commencement of this Act) or, in the case of a ship which is acquired after that date, immediately after being so acquired, apply in writing to the Harbour Master for a number to be assigned to the ship, and the owner or master shall in the application give the name and description of the ship; (b) as soon as a number has been assigned by the Har bour Master under paragraph (a), cause the ship to be marked in the manner required by section 2 if the ship is then in Trinidad and Tobago and if it is not in Trinidad and Tobago immediately as it arrives in Trinidad and Tobago, but any ship marked in accordance with the Defence (Marking of Ships) Regulations 1943 shall be deemed to be marked in accor dance with this Act.* 5. The Harbour Master or any person authorised by him and acting on his behalf may exempt any ship from all or any of the requirements specified in section 2. 6. The owner and master of any ship to which this Act applies shall be liable for any contravention of this Act or any require ment imposed thereunder; but it shall be a good defence to any ~rosecution against either of them to prove that such contraven tion occurred without his knowledge or consent and that he could not have prevented the same by the exercise of due diligence. •see R.G. 30.3.1943. 103 5 Application for number 10 be made and ship 10 be marked !herewith. Power of Harbour Master lo grant exemption from re4uircments of section 2. Liability of owners and masters. L.R.O. 111983 6 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Chap. 50:09 Marking of Ships 7. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any requirement imposed thereunder is liable on summary conviction to a fine of three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months. 104