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MERCHANT SHIPPING.

No. 10 of 1899.

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Deck and Load Lines.

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14. (1) All ships in the waters of the Colony (except ships Marking of under 25 tons not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, ships not trading M. S. Act, or plying for hire, and ships employed solely as tugs) shall be per- 1894 s. 437. manently and conspicuously marked with lines of not less than 12 inches in length and 1 inch in breadth, painted longitudinally on each side amidships or as near thereto as is practicable, and in- dicating the position of each deck which is above water, subject to the following provisions :-

(a) the upper edge of each of the deck-lines must be level with the upper side of the deck plank next the waterway at the place of marking; and

(b) the deck-lines must be white or yellow on a dark ground or black on a light ground.

load-line.

(2) The owner, agent, or master of every ship in the waters of Marking of the Colony (except ships under 25 tons not carrying cargo, pleasure ib. s. 438. yachts, ships not trading or plying for hire, and ships employed solely as tugs) shall, before clearing his ship outwards from the Colony, mark upon each of her sides amidships within the meaning of this section or as near thereto as is practicable, in white or yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground, a circular disc 12 inches in diameter, with a horizontal line 18 inches in length drawn through its centre, subject to the following provisions :—

(a) the centre of the dise shall be placed at such level as may be approved by the Governor below the deck-line marked under this section and specified in the certificate given thereunder, and shall indicate the maximum load-line in salt water to which it shall be lawful to load the ship; and

(b) the position of the disc shall be fixed in accordance with the Tables of Freeboard contained in the Instructions to Surveyors issued by the Board of Trade.

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(3) Any owner or master of a ship (except ships under 25 tons Penalty in not carrying cargo, pleasure yachts, ships not trading or plying for case of hire, and ships employed solely as tugs), being within the waters colonial ship of the Colony, who neglects to cause such ship to be marked with neglecting to deck and load-lines or to keep her so marked, or who allows such ship to be so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc, and any person who conceals, removes, alters, defaces, or

As amended by No. 9 of 1909, No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911,

No. 16 of 1912 and No. 17 of 1912.

mark lines.