Malaysia legislation
Section 127
Section 127
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to any passenger ship having a certificate granted by –
(a)
the Ministry;
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(b)
the government of any part of the Commonwealth, where such certificate has been declared under section 284 of the Principal Act to be of the same force as if granted under the Act; or
(c)
the government of any other part of the Commonwealth whose certificate is accepted by the Governor as being equivalent to a certificate granted under this Part, so long as such certificate remains in force and applicable to the voyage under which the vessel is about to proceed.
(3)
Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), where a valid Safety
Convention certificate is produced in respect of a Safety Convention passenger ship –
(a)
the provisions of this Part as to the survey of passenger ships by radio surveyors shall be deemed to have been complied with in the case of such ship; and
(b)
the survey by any government surveyor shall be limited to ascertaining the number of passengers which the ship is fit to carry, and it shall not be necessary for the declaration made by that surveyor to contain a statement of any further particulars than those set out in paragraph (e) of subsection
(3)
of section 132:
Provided that, where there is produced in respect of any Safety
Convention passenger ship a valid Safety Convention certificate, and also a certificate issued by or under the authority of the government of the country to which the ship belongs showing the number of passengers which the ship is fit to carry, and the Governor is satisfied that the number has been determined substantially in the same manner as in the case of a British ship registered in North Borneo, the Governor may, if he thinks fit, dispense with the survey of the ship mentioned in paragraph (b) and direct that the last mentioned certificate shall have effect as a passenger ship’s certificate for the purpose of this Part.
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Power of Governor to exempt certain ships.