Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part II : Load lines

213. Maintenance of load line and deck lines
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(1)The owner and the master of a load line ship registered in the Republic shall maintain the marking of her deck lines and load lines in the position specified in the load line certificate in force in respect of that ship or in the position approved by a person entitled under the load line regulations to approve the alteration of the position of the said deck lines or load lines.

 

(2)No person shall conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate, or suffer any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any mark placed on any ship in accordance with the provisions of this Act, except with the authority of a person entitled under the load line regulations to authorize the alteration of the mark, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy or by a foreign ship in the exercise of some belligerent right.