Section 283: Ship taking additional passengers at intermediate places.––If any special trade

283. Ship taking additional passengers at intermediate places.––If any special trade passenger ship performing a voyage between ports or places in Pakistan takes additional special trade passengers on board at an intermediate port or place, the master shall obtain from the certifying officer at that port or place a supplementary certificate stating— (a) the number of special trade passengers so taken on board; and (b) that food, fuel and fresh water over and above what is necessary for the crew and the other things, if any, prescribed for such a ship, have been placed on board, of the quality prescribed, properly packed and sufficient to supply the special trade passengers on board during the voyage which the ship is to make, including such detention in quarantine as may be probable, according to the prescribed scale: Provided that no such supplementary certificate shall be necessary if the certificate B held by the master of the ship states that food, fuel and fresh water over and above what is necessary for the crew, and the other things, if any, prescribed for such ships, have been placed on board, of the quality prescribed, properly packed and sufficient to supply the full number of special trade passengers which she is capable of carrying, and the master obtains thereon from the certifying officer an endorsement showing the number of passengers taken on board, and the number of passengers discharged, at that port or place.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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