A pilot shall be deemed a qualified pilot for the purposes of this Act, if duly licensed by any pilotage authority to conduct ships to which he does not belong.

Every qualified pilot, on his appointment, shall receive a licence containing his name and usual place of abode, a description of his person, and a specification of the limits within which he is qualified to act.

The chief officer of customs at the place at or nearest to which any qualified pilot resides shall, on his request, register his' licence, and a qualified pilot shall not be entitled to act as such, until his licence is so registered.

Every qualified pilot acting beyond the limits for which he is qualified by his licence shall be considered an unqualified pilot.