When a candidate fails in the oral portion of the examination
the Examiner, in making his report on the form Exn. 14, should state
whether any further sea service must be performed by the candidate,
and he should also insert this information in the form Exn. 2.

Inability to repeat verbatim the Articles of the Collision Regulations
will not entail failure in the oral examination if the candidate understands
the full significance, content, and practical application of
the articles.

20. Examination in Signalling.

A candidate who is eligible
for examination for any grade of certificate for which signalling is
required may take this part of the examination at any time within
the six months immediately before or after he presents himself for
examination in the written and oral portions.

A candidate who fails in signalling but passes in every other subject
may, at any time within the six months following his first attempt,
be re-examined in signalling only, and, if he then passes, will receive
his certificate of competency.

Subject to the above conditions, a candidate may be allowed to
take the signalling examination in any week during which examinations
of masters and mates are being held at the port, but a fee for
this examination (see para. 27) must be paid for each separate attempt.

21. Procedure to be followed by the Examiner when a Candidate is examined in One Part of the Examination only.

On every
occasion when a candidate takes the Signalling Examination apart
from the written and oral examination for a certificate of competency,
a separate form Exn. 2 must be filled in. The result of the examination
should be reported to the Principal Examiner on the form Exn. 14,
the entry “Passed” or “Failed” being made in the appropriate
column and the words “Not examined” or “Previously passed,”
as the case may be, entered in the columns headed “Written” and
“Oral.” The form Exn. 2 should be forwarded to the Principal
Examiner and the result of the examination reported thereon.

A similar procedure should be followed when a candidate is re-
examined in the written or oral portion of the examination only.

In all cases when a candidate passes in the written, oral, or
signalling portion of the examination after previously passing in the
other two portions, the Examiner, on being satisfied as to the facts,
should report the result of the examination, and issue his authority
on the form Exn. 16 in the usual way.

22. Failure in Voluntary Examination.

(1) Candidates for
certificates as extra master will not be allowed to present themselves
for examination more than twice within a period of twelve months.

(2) Candidates for the voluntary examination in compass
deviation will not be allowed to present themselves for examination
more than twice within a period of six months.

(3) Candidates for the voluntary examination in signalling may
present themselves for examination at any time when scheduled
examinations are being held. (See Appendix A.)

23. Candidates failing may be examined for Certificate of Lower Grade.

If a candidate fails in his examination for a foreign-
going certificate, and the subjects in which he has failed are not
included in the syllabus prescribed for a foreign-going certificate
of a lower grade, he may, if he so desires, be examined for the lower-
grade certificate without further formal application or payment of fee,
but he will be required to complete the whole of the work prescribed
for such lower grade.

If a candidate fails for the Extra Master’s Certificate he may also,
without further formal application or payment of fee, proceed with
the examination for the Master’s Certificate, but, in this case, the
whole of the examination prescribed for the lower grade will have to
be completed irrespective of any work which may have been done under
examination for the Extra Certificate. The subsequent examination
for the lower grade may, if time permits, be taken during the current
week; but, should the time be insufficient, the candidate will be
allowed to sit at the next following scheduled examination at the port,
or as may be directed by the Principal Examiner (see Appendix A).

No part, however, of the fee he has paid will be returned to him,
and on presenting himself, when qualified, for re-examination for
the higher certificate, he will be required to pay a further full fee.