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| (1) There may be appointed, for the purposes of this Act, a Director of Merchant Shipping who shall have the general superintendence of this Act and the general supervision of all matters relating to shipping and seamen throughout Ceylon, and is authorized to carry the provisions of this Act into execution. |
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| (2) Any officer generally or specially authorized in that behalf by the Director may exercise, perform or discharge any power, duty or function vested in, or imposed or conferred upon, the Director under this Act, and any act done by, to or before any such officer shall be as valid for the purposes of this Act as if it were done by, to or before the Director. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts