Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 258

258. (1) Subject to any exemption conferred by or under the l o a d l i n e p r o v is i on s o f t h i s A c t , n o s h ip t o w hi c h t h e s a i d provisions apply, being a ship registered under this Act, shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea unless the appropriate certificate is in force in respect of the ship. (2) Before any such ship proceeds to sea, the master of the ship shall produce the appropriate certificate to the officer from whom a clearance of the ship is demanded; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the appropriate certificate is so produced. (3) If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this article, the master of the ship shall be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding two hundred units. (4) In this article "the appropriate certificate" means the certificate which is the appropriate certificate for the purposes of article 255. Publication of load line certificate and entry of particulars in official log book.  Amended by:  XIII. 1983.5; XXII. 2000.2; I.2025.78.