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Calculation of tonnage of steamship for the purpose of limitation of liability.
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69. For the purpose of the limitation under the Merchant Shipping Acts of the liability of owners of ships, docks, or canals, and of harbour authorities and conservancy authorities, the tonnage of a steamship shall be her registered tonnage, with the addition of any engine-room space deducted for the purpose of ascertaining that tonnage, and the words “registered tonnage “with the addition of any engine-room space deducted for the “purpose of ascertaining that tonnage” shall accordingly be substituted in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section five hundred and three of the principal Act for “gross tonnage without deduction on account of engine-room.”
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