Section 455: Certificate of inspection

455. Certificate of inspection.—(1) No sailing vessel shall ply or proceed to sea unless a certificate of inspection applicable to the intended voyage is in force. (2) A certificate of inspection in respect of a sailing vessel shall specify— (a) the name and tonnage of the vessel ; (b) the names of the owner and nakhuda of the vessel ; (c) the maximum number of the crew and the maximum number of passengers that may be carried ; (d) the limits within which the vessel may be used for purposes of trading ; (e) the particulars of the free board assigned to the vessel; (f) the particulars of life saving and fire appliances, lights, shapes and means of making fog and distress signals carried on board ; and shall contain a statement to the effect that her hull, rigging and equipment, including auxiliary machinery, if any, are in good condition. (3) A certificate of inspection shall be in force for two years from the date of its issue or for such shorter period as tray be specified therein: Provided that where a sailing vessel is on a voyage outside Pakistan at the time of expiry of the certificate, the certificate shall continue to be valid until her first arrival at a port or place in Pakistan after the expiry of such period. (4) No officer of Customs shall grant a port clearance until after the production by the owner or nakhuda there of, of a certificate of inspection in respect of the vessel. (5) Where at any time after the issue of a certificate of inspection in respect of a sailing vessel, the Federal Government has reason to believe that the vessel is not fit to ply or proceed to sea, it may, after giving the owner an opportunity of making a representation, cancel such certificate. (6) Where at any time after the issue of a certificate of inspection a sailing vessel has undergone material alteration or has met with an accident or, where the certificate of inspection of a sailing vessel has been cancelled under sub-section (5) and an application is made for the re-issue of such certificate, the registrar may, before re-issuing the certificate or issuing a fresh certificate, as the case may be, cause such vessel to be inspected; and if the authority inspecting the vessel reports that she is not fit to ply or proceed to sea or that her hull, rigging and equipment, including auxiliary machinery, if any, are defective, such certificate shall not be re-issued or issued until the vessel is, in the opinion of such authority, fit to ply or proceed to sea or the defect is rectified to the satisfaction of such authority.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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