06810

CHAPTER 111.

An Act respecting Discipline on board of Canadian
Government Vessels.

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Act may be cited as the Government Vessels Dis- Short title. cipline Act. R.S., c. 71, s. 1.

INTERPRETATION.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) commissioner' or 'police commissioner means any
commissioner of police appointed under the Dominion
Police Act;

(b) police constable' means any police constable appointed
under the said Act;

(c) master,' excepting when used in connection with duties. or requirements connected with the ship's book, includes any person, for the time being, lawfully in command or in charge of any government vessel, as the officer thereof highest in rank then on board. R.S., c. 71, ss. 3, 8 and 10.

APPLICATION.

Definitions.

Government.

3. Every vessel employed by the Government of Canada, Vessels em either temporarily or permanently, shall be deemed to belong, ployed by while so employed, to the Government of Canada for the purposes of this Act. R.S., c. 71, s. 2.

SHIP'S BOOK.

book.

4. The master of every vessel belonging to the Government Men engaged of Canada shall cause every person engaged for service in such to sign ship's vessel, after having had this Act read to him, and before he enters upon the discharge of any duty on board of such vessel, to sign his name in the proper column of a book to be kept by the master for that purpose. R.S., c. 71, s. 4.

5. Such book shall contain a statement of the name of the What it vessel, the name of the master, and the year for which it is the shall show.

1871

ship's

Columns of

ship's book of such vessel, and also statements to the effect
that,-

(a) this Act was read to each person who has signed his
name in the proper column, before he signed his name.
thereto;
(b) each person who has so signed has thereby consented to
submit himself to the provisions of this Act, and to conduct
himself in an orderly, faithful, honest and sober manner,
and to be at all times diligent in the discharge of his duty,
and to be obedient to the lawful commands of the master
of the said vessel for the time being and of others, his
superior officers, whether on board, in boats, or on shore,
in everything relating to the said vessel, and the stores
thereof, and to this Act;

(c) any embezzlement, or wilful or negligent destruction or
loss of or injury to any part of the stores of the said vessel.
shall be made good out of the wages of the person guilty
of the same; and,

(d) if such person has entered himself as qualified for a duty which he proves incompetent to perform, he may be discharged or his wages may be reduced at the discretion. of the master. R.S., c. 71, s. 5.

6. Such book shall contain separate columns properly headed, particulars. intended to contain respectively,

Evidence.

Officer in command.

Reading of book by master.

(a) the names of the persons engaged, including officers;
(b) the dates when engaged;

(c) the capacity in which each person is to serve, with the
relative rank of the officers, indicated by numbers;
(d) the period during which each person is to serve;
(e) the rate of wages at which each person is to be paid;
(f) the names of the witnesses to each signature; and,
(g) the dates of signatures. R.S., c. 71, s. 6.

7. The ship's book of every vessel belonging to the Government of Canada shall be conclusive evidence of the relative rank of every officer therein named.

2. The signature of any such officer as being in command or in charge of the vessel, and the fact that any such officer was at any particular time in command or in charge thereof, shall not be called in question except by the Crown. R.S., c. 71,

s. 3.

8. The contents of the said book shall be read by the master or other officer of such vessel to each man about to ship on board thereof, and every person so signing any such book shall thenceforth be subject to this Act for and during the period of his engagement as therein mentioned. R.S., c. 71, s. 7.

1872

DISCIPLINE.