Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951) > Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea > Part I : Construction of ships, provision of life-saving appliances and installation of radio > 198. Cancellation of safety convention certificates and local safety certificates

(1)	The Authority may direct that a safety convention certificate or a local safety certificate be cancelled, if, by reason of the contents of a report by a surveyor, or for any other reason, it is satisfied that—

(a)	it was obtained fraudulently or on wrong information; or

(b)	since it was issued, the hull, equipment or machinery of the vessel has, by reason of any alteration made thereto, or by reason or any injury sustained by the vessel, or for any other reason, become insufficient: or

(c)	since it was issued, the vessel has for any reason become unseaworthy; or

(d)

the vessel no longer complies with all the requirements of the construction regulations, the life-saving equipment regulations, the radio regulations, the collision regulations and any other applicable regulations which may have been made, to the same extent to which she complied with those regulations when the certificate was issued.

[Section 198(1)(d) substituted by section 15 of Act No. 13 of 1965]

[Section 198(1) substituted by section 2(2) of Act No. 5 of 1998]

(2)	For the purposes of this section the word "alteration", in relation to the hull, equipment or machinery of a vessel, includes the renewal of any part thereof.

(3)	Whenever a direction is issued under subsection (1) for the cancellation of a certificate, the Authority shall notify the owner or master of the vessel in respect of which the certificate was issued of the cancellation.