Section 342: Passenger ship safety certificate

342. Passenger ship safety certificate.—(1) Upon the receipt of a declaration of survey granted under Part V in respect of a passenger ship for which a certificate of passenger ship safety certificate is required by this part, the Federal Government, if it is satisfied— (a) that the ship complies fully with the requirements of rules made under section 328 and other provisions of this Ordinance, and the rules made under sections 331 and 341 applicable to such ship and is properly provided with lights and shapes and means of making of fog signals required by the collision regulations, may issue a passenger ship safety certificate in respect of the ship; and (b) that there is in force in respect of the ship an exemption certificate granted under section 347 and that the ship complies with all the requirements specified in clause (a) other than those from which the ship is exempt under that certificate, may endorsed the passenger ship safety certificate in respect of the ship, and deliver to the owner or master of the ship through the Principal Officer or such other officer as the Federal Government may appoint in this behalf. (2) The passenger ship safety certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall state that the ship complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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