Section 345: Cargo ship safety radio certificates

345. Cargo ship safety radio certificates.—(1) If the Federal Government is satisfied in respect of a Pakistani ship, other than a passenger ship, which is required by the provisions of section 335 to be provided with radio installation and which is intended to ply on voyage from or to any port or place in Pakistan to or from any port or place outside Pakistan that the ship complies with all the provisions as to radio installation and radio service applicable to such ship under Chapter 22, the Federal Government shall on an application by the owner or master of the ship, cause to be issued, through the Principal Officer or such other officer as it may appoint in this behalf,–– (a) if the ship is provided with radio equipment, a cargo ship safety radio certificate; or (b) if there is in force in respect of the ship referred to in clause (a), an exemption certificate granted under section 347 and if the ship complies with all the aforesaid requirements other than those from which the ship is exempt under that certificate, the cargo ship safety radio certificate may be endorsed. (2) The cargo ship safety radio certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall state that the ship complies with such of the requirements of the Safety Convention as are applicable to the ship.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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