Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 252

252. (1) Subject to any exemption conferred by or under the load line provisions of this Act, no ship to which those provis ions apply, being a ship registered under this Act, shall proceed to sea or attempt to proceed to sea unless - (a) the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the load line rules; (b) the ship is marked with a deck-line and with load lines in accordance with those rules; (c) the ship complies with the conditions of assignment; (d) the information required by those rules to be provided as mentioned in article 251(4) is provided for the guidance of the master of the ship in the manner determined in accordan ce with the rules. (2) If any ship proceeds or atte mpts to proceed to sea in contravention of the preceding s ub-article, the owner or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine ( multa) not exceeding two hundred units. (3) Any ship which, in contravention of sub-article (1), attempts to proceed to sea wit hout being surveyed and marked as mentioned in paragraphs ( a) and (b) of that sub-article may be detained until she has been so surveyed and marked. (4) Any ship as is mentioned in sub-article (1) which does not comply with the conditions of as signment shall be deemed to be unsafe for the purp oses of article 280. Submersion of load lines.  Amended by:  XIII. 1983.5; XXII. 2000.2.