Singapore legislation
Section 232
Section 232
Submersion of load lines on ships not registered in Singapore
(1)
Where a ship, not being a Singapore ship, is within any port or place in Singapore, and is marked with load lines, the ship shall not be so loaded that —
if the ship is in salt water and has no list, the appropriate load line on each side of the ship is submerged; or
in any other case, the appropriate load line on each side of the ship would be submerged if the ship were in salt water and had no list.
(2)
Subsections (2), (3), (5) and (6) of section 231 shall have effect for the purposes of this section as if any reference in those subsections to section 231(1) or to section 231(1)(a) or (b) were a reference to subsection (1) or subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section, as the case may be:Provided that the ship shall not be detained, and no proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this subsection, unless the ship has been inspected by a surveyor of ships in pursuance of section 235.
(3)
In relation to a ship in respect of which a load line certificate is produced, “load line” in subsection (1) means a line marked on the ship in the position of a load line specified in that certificate; and for the purposes of the application of the relevant provisions to such a ship in any circumstances for which a particular load line is specified in the certificate, “the appropriate load line” means the load line which, in accordance with the certificate, indicates the maximum depth to which the ship may be loaded in salt water in those circumstances.
(4)
Where a load line certificate is not produced in respect of a ship, then, for the purposes of the application of the relevant provisions to that ship in any circumstances prescribed by the regulations made under section 236, “the appropriate load line” means the load line which, in accordance with those regulations, indicates the maximum depth to which the ship may be loaded in salt water in those circumstances.
(5)
In subsections (3) and (4), “the relevant provisions” means the provisions of subsection (1) and any provisions of section 231 as applied by subsection (2) of this section.[252