Section 355: Production of certificates by ships other than Pakistani ships

355. Production of certificates by ships other than Pakistani ships.—(1) The master of every ship other than a Pakistani ship, being a passenger ship or being any other ship of a gross tonnage of five hundred or upwards, belonging to a country to which the Safety Convention applies, shall produce valid safety Convention certificates to the officer of Customs from whom a port clearance for the ship is sought in respect of a voyage from a port or place in Pakistan to a port or place outside Pakistan and port clearance shall not be granted and the ship may be detained until such a certificate is so produced. (2) Where any such ship, other than a passenger ship, as is referred to in sub-section (1), is of a gross tonnage of less than five hundred but not less than three hundred, the master shall be required to produce only valid safety convention certificates equivalent to those issued under section 345 and the other provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply accordingly. (3) Where a valid safety convention certificate is produced in respect of a ship, other than a Pakistani ship, the ship shall not be deemed to be unsafe for the purposes of section 394 by reason of the defective condition of her hull, equipments or machinery unless it appears that the ship cannot proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or crew owing to the facts that the actual condition of the ship does not correspond substantially with the particulars stated in the certificate and when there are clear grounds for believing that the master or crew are not familiar with essential ship-board procedures relating to the safety of ship.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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