Section 240: Inspection of seamen’s lodging houses.––A Shipping Master, Seamen’s Welfare — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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240. Inspection of seamen’s lodging houses.––A Shipping Master, Seamen’s Welfare Officer or any officer duly authorised in this behalf may, at any time inspect any place where seaman may be lodged and either prohibit such lodging or require that persons of improper character be excluded from such lodging or that the accommodation, sanitary conditions and other matters connected with the proper maintenance of such lodging be brought up to a prescribed standard.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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