Section 72: Levy of tonnage rates under local laws on the registered tonnage.––Any persons — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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72. Levy of tonnage rates under local laws on the registered tonnage.––Any persons having powers to levy tonnage rates on ships may, if they think fit, with the consent of the Federal Government, levy those tonnage rates upon the registered tonnage of the ships as determined by the tonnage regulations adopted in Pakistan, notwithstanding that any local law under which those rates are levied provides for levying the same upon some different system of tonnage measurement.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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