Section 358: Ships exempt from provisions relating to load lines

358. Ships exempt from provisions relating to load lines.—(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of this Chapter relating to load lines shall apply to all sailing vessels as they apply to ships, and accordingly, the expression “ship” in the said provisions of this Chapter shall be construed as including a sailing vessel. (2) The provisions of this Chapter relating to load lines shall not apply to— (a) ships of war; (b) any ship solely engaged in fishing; (c) any pleasure yacht not engaged in trade; (d) any existing ship of a gross tonnage of less than one hundred and fifty; and (e) any new ship of less than twenty-four meters (79 ft) in length. (3) The Federal Government may, on such conditions, not inconsistent with the rules made under section 357, as it may think fit, exempt from the provisions of this Chapter relating to load lines— (a) any ship plying between the near neighbouring ports of two or more countries if the Federal Government and the Governments of those countries are satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of the voyage between those ports make it unreasonable or impracticable to apply such provisions to ships so plying; (b) any ship plying between near neighbouring ports of the same country if the Federal Government is satisfied as aforesaid; (c) any ship which embodies features of a novel kind, if the Federal Government is satisfied that the application of the provisions of this Chapter relating to load lines to such a ship might seriously impede research into development of such features and their incorporation in ships and the Federal Government and the Governments of the countries to be visited by the ship are satisfied that the ship complies with safety requirements which are adequate for the purposes for which the ship is intended and are such as to ensure the overall safety of the ship; and (d) any ship which is not normally engaged on voyages to ports outside Pakistan but which is exceptional circumstances is required to undertake such voyage if the Federal Government is satisfied that the ship complies with safety requirements which are adequate for such voyage.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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