Bare ActsMerchant Shipping Act, 1958

Section 242

Contents of certificate B

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The second of the certificates (hereinafter called certificate B) shall be in the prescribed form and shall state-- (a) the voyage which the ship is to make, and the intermediate ports (if any) at which she is to touch; (b) that she has the proper complement of officers and seamen; [(c) that the master holds-- (i) a certificate of survey and certificate A; or (ii) a passenger ship safety certificate accompanied by an exemption certificate, a special trade passenger ship safety certificate and a special trade passenger ship space certificate; or (iii) a nuclear passenger ship safety certificate;] (d) that she has on board such number of medical officers licensed in the prescribed manner and such number of attendants, if any, as may be prescribed; (e) that food, fuel and pure water over and above what is necessary for the crew, and the other things (if any) prescribed for [special trade passenger ships] or pilgrim ships, have been placed on board, of the quality prescribed, properly packed, and sufficient to supply the [special trade passengers] or pilgrims on board during the voyage which the ship is to make (including such detention in quarantine as may be probable) according to the prescribed scale; (f) in the case of [a special trade passenger ship,] if the ship is to make a voyage in season of foul weather specified as such in the rules made under Section 262, and to carry upper-deck passengers, that she is furnished with substantial bulwarks and a double awning or with other sufficient protection against the weather; (g) in the case of [a special trade passenger ship,] the number of cabin and [special trade passengers] embarked at the port of embarkation; (h) such other particulars, if any, as may be prescribed for [special trade passenger ship] or pilgrim ships, as the case may be. Substituted by Act 69 of 1976, Section 6, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 01/12/1976). Substituted by Act 69 of 1976, Section 2, for "unberthed passenger ships' (w.e.f. 01/12/1976). Substituted by Act 69 of 1976, Section 2, for "unberthed passengers" (w.e.f. 01/12/1976). Substituted by Act 69 of 1976, Section 2, for "an unberthed passenger ship" (w.e.f. 01/12/1976).

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