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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping  (INF Code) Regulations, 2003

8. Cancellation of Certificate of Fitness, etc

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(1) The Authority may, by written notice, cancel any Certificate of Fitness issued under these regulations where it believes on reasonable grounds that the certificate was issued on false or wrong information.

 

(2) The Authority may require that any Certificate of Fitness issued under these regulations, that has expired or has been cancelled, be surrendered as directed.

 

(3) No person may—
(a) intentionally alter a Certificate of Fitness;
(b) in connection with any inspection pursuant to these regulations, knowingly or recklessly furnish information that is false or misleading in a material particular;
(c) with intent to deceive, use, lend or allow to be used by another, a Certificate of Fitness;
(d) fail to surrender a Certificate of Fitness required to be surrendered under subregulation (2); or
(e) forge any Certificate of Fitness.