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

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part II : Load lines

220. Submersion of load line on ships not registered in the Republic
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The provisions of section two hundred and fourteen shall apply to load line ships not registered in the Republic, while they are at any port in the Republic, as they apply to load ships registered in the Republic: Provided that in the application of the said provisions the expression "the load line" shall mean—

(a)in the case of a ship in respect of which there is produced a recognized Non-South African international load line certificate, the load line appearing by the certificate to indicate the maximum depth to which the ship is for the time being entitled under the Load Line Convention to be loaded; or

[Section 220(a) substituted by section 26 of Act No. 13 of 1965]

(b)in the case of a ship in respect of which there is produced a certificate which, in terms of a notice issued under section two hundred and eighteen, has the same effect for the purposes of this Chapter as a special load line certificate, the load line appearing by the certificate to indicate the maximum depth to which the ship is for the time being entitled, under the law in force in the country in which the ship is registered, to be loaded; or

[Section 220(b) substituted by section 39(b) of Act No. 40 of 1963]

(c)in any other case, the load line which corresponds with the load line indicating the maximum depth to which the ship is for the time being entitled under the load line regulations to be loaded, or if no load line on the ship corresponds as aforesaid, the lowest load line thereon.