Malaysia legislation
Section 173
Section 173
(2)
Any such load line certificate may, after a survey not less effective than the survey required by load line rules before the issue of the certificate, be renewed from time to time by the Director or by any person authorized by the Director to issue a North Borneo load line certificate, for such period (not exceeding five years on any occasion) as the Director or such person thinks fit.
(3)
The Director shall cancel any such load line certificate in force in respect of any ship, if he has reason to believe that –
(a)
material alterations have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship which affect the position of the load lines; or
(b)
the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports, or the means of access to the crew’s quarters have not
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been maintained on the ship in as effective a condition as they were in when the certificate was issued.
(4)
The owner of every ship in respect of which any such certificate has been issued shall, so long as the certificate remains in force, cause the ship to be surveyed in such manner as may be prescribed by the load line rules once at least in each year after the issue of the certificate for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force, having regard to subsection (3), and if the ship is not so surveyed, the Director shall cancel the certificate:
Provided that the Director if he thinks fit in any particular case, may extend such period of one year.
(5)
Where any such load line certificate has expired or been cancelled, the Director may require the owner or master of the ship to which the certificate relates to deliver up the certificate as he directs; and the ship may be detained until such requirement has been complied with; and, if the owner or master fails without reasonable cause to comply with such requirement, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars.
(6)
On the survey of any ship in pursuance of this section there shall be paid by the owner of the ship such fees as may be prescribed.
Ships not to proceed to sea without certificate.