Section 365: Offences in relation to marks — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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365. Offences in relation to marks.—(1) If the owner or master of a Pakistani ship which has been marked in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, fails without reasonable cause, to keep the ship so marked ; or any person conceals, removes, alters, defaces or obliterates, or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any mark placed on any such ship in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Chapter except with the authority of a person entitled under the load line rules to authorize the alteration of the mark, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy or by a foreign ship of war in the exercise of some belligerent right ; he shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

Related sections

Section 364: Penalty for submersion of load lines and sub-division load lines Section 366: Inspection of ships with respect to load lines Section 363: Submersion of sub-division load lines in case of passenger ships.––Where a Pakistani Section 367: Issue, duration and extension of load line certificate Section 362: Submersion of load line.––A Pakistani ship, not being exempt from the provisions of Section 368: Issue, duration and cancellation of exemption certificates, etc

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