§ No alien shall act as master, chief officer, or chief engineer of a British merchant ship registered in the United Kingdom, or as skipper or second hand of a fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom, except in the case of a ship or boat employed habitually in voyages between ports outside the United Kingdom:
§ Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any alien who has acted as a master, chief officer, or chief engineer of a British ship, or as skipper of a British fishing boat, at any time during the War, and is certified by the Admiralty to have performed good and faithful service in that capacity.
§ Lords Amendment: After the word "skipper" ["or as skipper of a British fishing boat"], insert the words "or second hand."—Agreed to.