Malaysia legislation
Section 168
Section 168
(a)
the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the load line rules;
(b)
the ship complies with the conditions of assignment;
(c)
the ship is marked on each side with a mark (in this Chapter referred to as a “deck-line”) indicating the position of the uppermost complete deck as defined in the load line rules, and with marks (in this Chapter referred to as
“load lines”) indicating the several maximum depths to which the ship can be safely loaded in various circumstances prescribed by the load line rules;
(d)
the deck-line and load lines are of the description required by the load line rules, the deck-line is in the position required by those rules and the load lines are of the number required by such of those rules as are applicable to the ship; and
(e)
the load lines are in the position required by such of the load line rules as are applicable to the ship.
(2)
No North Borneo load line ship being a ship the keel of which was laid before the commencement of this Part shall proceed to sea unless –
(a)
the ship has been surveyed and marked in accordance with paragraphs
(a)
, (c) and (d) of subsection (1);
(b)
the ship complies with the conditions of assignment in principle and also in detail so far as, in the opinion of the Director, is reasonable and practicable having regard to the efficiency of the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports and the means of access to the crew’s quarters provided by the arrangements, fittings and appliances existing on the ship at the time when she is first surveyed under this section; and
(c)
the load lines are either in the position required by paragraph (e) of subsection (1) or in the position required by the tables used by the Board of Trade on the 31st day of December, 1906, for fixing the position of load lines, subject to such modifications of those tables and of the application
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thereof, approved by the Board of Trade under section 438 of the Principal
Act as were in force immediately before the 5th day of July, 1930.
(3)
If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section the master and the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars.
(4)
Any ship attempting to proceed to sea without being surveyed and marked as required by this section may be detained until she has been so surveyed and marked; and any ship which does not comply with the conditions of assignment to the extent required in her case by this section shall be deemed to be unsafe for the purpose of Chapter 31.
Submersion of load line.