Section 172
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 172
Where a North Borneo load line ship has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the provisions of section 168 and complies with the conditions of assignment to the extent required in her case by those provisions, there shall be issued to the owner of the ship on his application, and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by the load line rules a load line certificate (in this Chapter referred to as “a North Borneo load line certificate”).
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(2)
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.
(3)
Any such certificate issued by the Director may be signed on behalf of the Director by any person authorized by him for the purpose.
(4)
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.