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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 696

Proof of attestation not required.

696.(1) Where for the purposes of this Act any document is to be served on any
person, that document may be served

(a)in any case by delivering a copy thereof personally to the person to be
served, or by leaving the same at his last place of abode; and,

(b)if the document is to be served on the master of a ship, where there is
one, or on a person belonging to a ship, by leaving the same for him on board
that ship with the person being or appearing to be in command or charge of the
ship; and,

(c)if the document is to be served on the master of a ship, where there is no
master, and the ship is in the United Kingdom, on the managing owner of the
ship, or, if there is no managing owner, on some agent of the owner residing
in the United Kingdom, or where no such agent is known or can be found, by
affixing a copy thereof to the mast of the ship.

(2) If any person obstructs the service on the master of a ship of any
document under the provisions of this Act relating to the detention of ships
as unseaworthy, that person shall for each offence be liable [on conviction on
indictment to a fine or on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one
thousand pounds, and], if the owner or master of the ship is party or privy to
the obstruction, he shall in respect of each offence be guilty of a
misdemeanour.

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 696