Section 360: Marking of deck line and load lines

360. Marking of deck line and load lines.—(1) No new Pakistani ship to which the load lines convention applies and not being exempt from the provision of this Chapter, shall proceed to sea unless— (a) the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the load line rules ; (b) the ship complies with the conditions of assignment; and (c) the ship is marked with a deck line and with load lines in accordance with the load line rules. (2) No existing Pakistani ship, to which the load line convention applies and not being exempt from the provisions of this Chapter, shall proceed to see unless— (a) the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the load line rules; (b) the ship complies with the conditions of assignment or with such lesser related requirements as were applicable to her immediately before such commencement; and (c) the ship is marked with a deck line and with load lines in accordance with the load line rules or the deck line and load lines have been marked in the position required by the rules in force immediately before such commencement. (3) If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section, the master and the owner thereof shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees. (4) Any ship attempting to proceed to sea without being surveyed and marked as required by this section may be detained until she has been so surveyed and marked, and any ship which does not comply with the conditions of assignment to the extend required in her case shall be deemed to be unsafe for the purpose of section 382.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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