Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at SeaPart III : Safety of navigation252. Period of grace for compliance with certain provisions |
| (1) | Nothing contained in section two hundred, two hundred and three, two hundred and twelve or two hundred and nineteen shall prohibit a ship from going to sea without the certificates referred to in those sections until after the expiration of one year from the date on which, in terms of a proclamation issued under section three hundred and fifty-eight, those sections are put into operation. |
| (2) | Nothing contained in section two hundred and twenty-seven shall require the master of any ship to produce any certificate referred to in that section until after the expiration of one year from the date on which, in terms of a proclamation issued under section three hundred and fifty-eight, the first-mentioned section is put into operation. |