Section 379: Load line certificates and load line exemption certificates of ships other than

379. Load line certificates and load line exemption certificates of ships other than Pakistani ships. —(1) The provisions of this Part relating to the issue, effect, duration, renewal and cancellation of Pakistan load line certificates or, as the case may be, Pakistan load line exemption certificates shall apply to ships other than Pakistani ships as they apply to Pakistani ships subject to the following modifications, namely:— (a) any such certificate may be issued in respect of any such ship as in respect of a Pakistani ship provided that any such certificate issued in respect of a ship of a gross tonnage of one hundred and fifty or upwards carrying cargo or passengers and belonging to a country to which the Load Line Convention applies shall only be valid so long as the ship is not plying on voyages from or to any port or place in Pakistan to or from any port or place outside Pakistan and shall be endorsed with a statement to that effect and shall be cancelled by the Federal Government if it has reason to believe that the ship is so plying; and (b) the survey required for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force shall take place when required by the Federal Government. (2) If the Federal Government is satisfied— (a) that the provision has been made for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines by the law in force in any country outside Pakistan with respect to ships or any class or description bf ships of that country and has also been so made or has been agreed to be so made for recognising Pakistan load line certificate or, as the case may be, Pakistan load line exemption certificate as having the same effect in ports or places of that country as certificates issued under the said provisions; and (b) that the said provision for the fixing, marking and certifying load lines is based on the same principles as the corresponding provisions of this Part relating to load lines and is equally effective, it may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that the load line certificates or load line exemption certificate issued in pursuance of the said provisions or in respect of ships of that class or description of ships of that country, shall have the same effect for the purpose of this Part as Pakistan load line certificates or, as the case may be, Pakistan load line exemption certificates: Provided that such direction shall not apply to ships of gross tonnage of one hundred and fifty or upwards carrying cargo or passengers and belonging to countries to which the Load Line Convention applies, if such ships are engaged in plying on voyages from or to any port or place in Pakistan to or from port or place outside Pakistan.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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