Section 449: Power to make rules
The Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001 · Civil Laws · Legal status not independently verified
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449. Power to make rules.—(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— (a) the form in which applications for certificates of registry shall be made and the particulars which such applications should contain ; (b) the form in which certificate of registry and certificates of inspection may be issued ; (c) the manner in which fishing vessels shall be surveyed including their periodical and the intermediate surveys ; (d) the form and the manner in which fishing vessel safety certificate and the fishing vessel exemption certificate are to be issued ; (e) the issue of duplicate copies of certificates of registry, certificates of inspec- tion, fishing vessel safety certificate and fishing vessel exemption certificate when the originals are destroyed, lost, mislaid, mutilated or defaced ; (f) the manner in which and the time within which, reports for the registration of alterations in the certificates of registry shall be made, the endorsements of the particulars of alteration on such certificates, the grant of provisional cer- tificates where vessels are directed to be registered anew, the period for which provisional certificates shall be valid and all other matters ancillary to the reg- istration of alterations ; (g) the form and manner in which applications for the transfer of registry from one port to another in Pakistan shall be made, and the procedure to be fol- lowed by the registrar in connection with such transfer ; (h) the form and manner in which change of ownership is to be reported, and the procedure to be followed in connection with such change ; (i) the construction, equipment, machinery and other matters relating to the safety of the vessels ; (j) the fees which may be levied for the issue or re-issue of certificate of registry or certificate of inspection and for all purposes of this Chapter and the minimum in which such fees may be recovered ; and (k) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Chapter. CHAPTER 33.—SAILING VESSELS
Effective date: 2001-01-01
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