# Statutes of Canada/1867-68/Volume 1/Imperial Acts/Merchant Shipping Act, 1867

Cited as: Merchant Shipping Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 124 (U.K.)
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Anno Tricesimo et Tricesimo-primo Victoriæ Reginæ.
An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.
[20th August, 1867.]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows :
Short title.
Commencement of Act.
Sects. 224, 227, and 231 of 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104, repealed.
Lime or Lemon Juice and other Anti-scorbutics to be provided and kept on certain Ships.
* (1.) The Board of Trade shall from Time to Time issue and cause to be published Scales of Medicines and Medical Stores suitable for different Ships and Voyages, and shall also prepare or sanction a Book or Books containing Instructions for dispensing the same :
* (2.) The Owners of every Ship navigating between the United Kingdom and any Place out of the same shall provide and cause to be kept on board such Ship a Supply of ​ Medicines and Medical Stores in accordance with the Scale appropriate to the said Ship, and also a Copy of the said Book or of One of the said Books containing Instructions :
And if in any such Ship as aforesaid such Medicines, Medical Stores, Book of Instructions, Lime or Lemon Juice, Sugar, or Anti-scorbutics as are herein-before required are not provided, packed, and kept on board as herein-before required, the Owner or Master shall be deemed to be in fault, and shall for each Default incur a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds, unless he can prove that the Non-compliance with the above Provisions, or any of them, was not caused through any Inattention, Neglect, or wilful Default on his Part ; and if the Lime or Lemon Juice and Sugar or other Anti-scorbutics are not served out in the Case and Manner herein-before directed, or if Entry is not made in the Official Log in the Case and Manner herein-before required, the Master shall be deemed to be in fault, and shall for each Default incur a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, unless he can prove that the Non-compliance with the above provisions, or any of them, did not ​arise through any Neglect, Omission, or wilful Default on his Part ; and if in any Case it is proved that some Person other than the Master or Owner is in default in any Case under this Section, then such other Person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.
Penalty for selling, &c. Medicines, &c. of bad Quality.
Power to Governors to make Regulations as to Supply of Lime or Lemon Juice, &c.
Seamen's Expenses in case of illness through neglect of owner or master to be paid by them.
Forfeiture of wages, &c., of seamen when illness caused by his own default.
Place appropriated to seamen to have a certain space for each man, and to be properly constructed and kept clear.
Rules for Inspection of seamen.
* (4.) The said Medical Inspectors shall be remunerated for their Services as the Board of Trade may direct, and such Remuneration shall be paid out of the Mercantile Marine Fund : ​
* (5.) 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.
Harbour Master at Holyhead may be commissioned as Justice.
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