Section 359: Power to make rules as to load lines

359. Power to make rules as to load lines.—(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) survey and periodical inspection of ships; (b) determining of free-board deck in relation to any ship and marking on each side of the ship to indicate the position of that deck by a mark, hereinafter referred to as a “deck line”; (c) determination in relation to a ship by reference to deck line and free boards of the position in which each side of the ship is to be marked with lines herein- after referred to as “load lines”, to indicate the maximum depths to which the ship may be loaded in various circumstances; (d) conditions, hereinafter referred to as the “conditions to assignments”, on which load lines may be assigned; (e) requirements, relevant to the assignment of free-boards, in respect of hulls, superstructures, fittings and appliances; (f) particulars to be recorded in relation to matters referred to in clauses (d) and (e) and the manner in which they shall be recorded; (g) the circumstances in which a ship during the continuance of the assignment of free-boards assigned to, if any, shall be deemed for the purposes of the pro- visions of this Chapter to comply with the conditions of assignment; (h) the form in which an international load line certificate, a Pakistan load line certificate, an international load line exemption certificate and a Pakistan load line exemption certificate shall be issued; (i) the period during which an exemption certificate shall remain in force; and (j) the extension and termination of the period for which an exemption certificate was issued.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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