Malaysia legislation
Section 23
Section 23
(2)
The markings on a ship shall be permanently maintained, and no alteration shall be made to them except where any of the particulars denoted by the markings are altered in the manner as provided in the regulations made under this Part.
(3)
An owner or master of a ship who fails to maintain the ship marking as required by this section or the regulations made under this Part commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(4)
If the scale showing the ship’s draught of water is in any respect inaccurate so as to be likely to mislead, the owner of the ship commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(5)
A person who, otherwise than as provided under this section or the regulations made under this Part—
(a)
conceals, removes, alters, defaces or obliterates;
or
(b)
suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate, any marking required by this section or the regulations made under this Part commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(6)
The Director of Marine may, upon receipt of a certificate from the Surveyor of Ships specifying that a ship is insufficiently or inaccurately marked, detain the ship until the insufficiency or inaccuracy has been remedied.
Additional information and documents and inspection of ship.