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

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part III : Safety of navigation

225. Printed notices and diagrams as to location of lifeboats, etc
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(1)The master of every passenger ship, wherever registered, plying between ports in the Republic or between a port in the Republic and any other port shall cause ample provision to be made, to the satisfaction of a surveyor, by printed notices, and by diagrams where necessary, to enable the passengers to ascertain the position of lifeboats, life-jackets and other life-saving appliances, fire-buckets, axes and fire-extinguishers. He shall also cause to be kept exhibited in each cabin, and throughout the ship to the satisfaction of a surveyor, notices showing the method of adjusting life-jackets to the body.

[Section 225(1) substituted by section 41 of Act No. 40 of 1963]

 

(2)The master of every passenger ship registered in the Republic shall cause to be kept in some conspicuous place accessible to all the passengers a printed copy of this Part.