MSnCAN FISHERY LEGISUTION 



U, Unanticipated, i.e., those ■which occur in places other than those noted in the 

 documents to which the previous parsigraph refers, in order to suit the interests of the 

 boat; and 



III. Protest, i.e., those which occur under mandate of law or fortuitous cause or 

 force ma.1eure . 



The entries referred to in this article shall be justified in the manner and terms pro- 

 vided by the regulation concerned. 



Article 203. Tlie captains of the vessels which enter any point within national juris- 

 diction are obliged: 



I. To present themselves personally, uialess justifiably prevented, before the port 

 captain, delivering in writing the data or information fixed by the regulation concerned; 



II. To deliver the clearance papers granted the boat by the Mexican Consul or maritime 

 authority in the port of departure, as well as the other documents required by the respective 

 laws and regulations, and 



III. Show their log books and permit the taking l^m them of facts which the Port 

 Captaincy nay deem advisable. 



Article 20/;. In order to guarantee the responsibilities of foreign shipping companies 

 in cases of accidents or labor obligations due to woric aboard the boats, their agents or 

 representatives in Mexico shall be obliged, in accordance with the provisions of the Commercial 

 Code, to take out insurance with a company established in this country, in favor of the Mexican 

 laboi*er8 who might become their creditors, by reason of such work ordered by the boat authoxi.ty» 



The consignees of the merchandise for whose account such work is performed aboard foreign 

 boats, have the obligation established in the preceding paragraph with respect to those labors 

 whidi take place away from the boat. 



Article 205. Once the requisites of article 203 are satisfied, the Port Captain shall 

 declare the boat to be in line for the operations that follow, issuing the corresponding 

 authorization so that the boat may then change berth and tie up, as may be neoesseu"y, with 

 the understanding that once these acts have been performed, another authorization shall be 

 required from said Captaincy to effect further changes of berth or tie-ups, except in 

 fortuitous cases or force majeure . 



l^jon prior posting of a bond in the amount determined by the Port Captaincy, that authority 

 shall make the declaration referred to in the previous paragraph, on the petition of the interested 

 parties, although the requirements mentioned may not have been fulfilled. 



Ihe bond mentioned in this article shall be in accordance with the amount of the pecuniary 

 penalties which may be inposed on the captains or consignees of the vessels for lack of compliance 

 With any legal requirement. 



Article 206. A landfall occurs when a vessel approaches the coast to recormoitre or in 

 order to rectify its position, continuing its voyage. 



Article 207. Upon fulfilling ssmitation and migration requirements, vessels which enter 

 a Mexican port, immediately after their entry, when it is appropriate, may: 



I. Disembaric passengers and cargo; 



II, Bnbark fuel and food, and 



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