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Merchant Shipping

Made 1st August 1953

Laid before Parliament 4th August 1953

Coming into Operation 5th August 1953

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 1st day of August, 1953

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas it is expedient that certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1949 (hereinafter called “the Act”), shall apply to British ships registered in the Colony of Singapore:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers vested in Her by section thirty-six of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932, as amended by section thirty of the Act, and all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—