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

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part II : Load lines

214. Submersion of load line on South African ships
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(1)The master of a load line ship registered in the Republic shall not—
(a)so load the ship; or
(b)suffer the ship to be so loaded; or
(c)bring the ship into any port in the Republic so loaded,

as to submerge in salt water, when the ship has no list, the load line on each side of the ship appropriate to the circumstances then existing.

[Section 214(1) substituted by section 28 of Act No. 30 of 1959]

 

(2)Any surveyor who finds upon inspection that the ship is loaded in contravention of subsection (1) shall give notice in writing to that effect to the master, pointing out the extent of the overloading, and requiring that the matter be rectified.

 

(3)A copy of every notice so given shall be transmitted by the surveyor to the proper officer at any port at which a clearance for that ship may be requested, and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship shall be detained, until a certificate under the hand of a surveyor is produced stating that the deficiency has been made good.