Cap. 234 Art. 256Effect of load line certificate.

Where a certificate, issued in pursuance of the last preceding article and for the time being in force, is produced in respect of the ship to which the certificate relates -

(a) the ship shall be deemed to have been surveyed in accordance with the load line rules; and

(b) if lines are marked on the ship corresponding in number and description to the deck-line and load lines as required by the load line rules, and the position of those lines so marked correspond to the position of the deck-line and load lines as specified in the certificate, the ship shall be deemed to be marked as required by those rules.