Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at SeaPart III : Safety of navigation231. Registration of private code or signals |
| (1) | If the owner of a ship, wherever registered, desires to use any signals for the purpose of a private code he may register them with the Authority, who may from time to time publish a list of the signals so registered. |
| (2) | The Authority may refuse to register any signals which, in its opinion, cannot easily be distinguished from signals generally used as signals of distress, signals for pilots, signals of urgency, signals prescribed for indicating that a message is about to be sent relating to a danger, or from signals registered in the name of any other person. |
[Section 231(2) substituted by section 2(2) of Act No. 5 of 1998]
| (3) | The Authority may, if it thinks fit, cancel the registration of any signal at any time. |
[Section 231(3) substituted by section 2(2) of Act No. of 1998]
| (4) | No person shall— |
| (a) | use any signal so registered, except by the authority of the person in whose name it is registered; or |
| (b) | use any signal the registration of which has been cancelled by the Authority. |