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Article 9

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The following sections and provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts shall not apply to Government ships in the service of the Colonial Government registered in pursuance of this Order, namely:—

(i)

The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894—Sections 1, 8 to 12.

(ii)

The Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898—Sections 3 and 5.

Provided always that no provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts which, according to a reasonable construction, would not apply in the case of Government ships in the service of the Colonial Government, shall be deemed to apply to such ships by reason only that its application is not hereby expressly excluded.