Section 69: Recognition of tonnage measurement of ships of foreign country

69. Recognition of tonnage measurement of ships of foreign country.—(1)Whenever it appears to the Federal Government that the tonnage regulations applicable in a foreign country are equivalent to those adopted under this Ordinance, the Federal Government may order that the ships of that country shall, without being re-measured in Pakistan, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a Pakistani ship and any space shown by the certificate of registry, or other national papers of any such ships as deducted from the tonnage shall, where a similar deduction in the case of Pakistani ship depends on compliance with any conditions or on the compliance being evidenced in any manner, be deemed to comply with those conditions, and to be so evidenced, unless a surveyor of ships certifies to the Federal Government that the construction and the equipment of the ship as respects that space do not come up to the standard which would be required if the ship were a Pakistani ship registered in Pakistan. (2) The Federal Government may limit the time during which the order shall remain in operation and make the order subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as it may deem expedient. (3) If it is made to appear to the Federal Government that the tonnage of any foreign ship as measured by the rules of the country, to which she belongs, materially differs from that which would be her tonnage if measured under rules applicable in Pakistan, the Federal Government may order that notwithstanding any order for the time being in force under this section any of the ships of that country may, for all or any of the purposes of this Ordinance, be re-measured in accordance with rules applicable in Pakistan.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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