Section 172

Every such certificate shall be issued either by the Director or by such other person as may be authorized in that behalf by the Director, and shall be issued in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the load line rules.

Any such certificate issued by the Director may be signed on behalf of the Director by any person authorized by him for the purpose.

Where a North Borneo load line certificate, issued in pursuance of this section and for the time being in force, is produced in respect of a ship, such ship shall, for the purposes of the provisions of sections 167 to 171 inclusive, be deemed to have been surveyed as required by section 168 and, if the deck-line and load lines on the ship are of the number and description required by the load line rules and the position of the deck-line and load lines corresponds with the position specified in the certificate, the ship shall be deemed to be marked as required by section 168.

Duration, renewal and cancellation of certificates.