Cap. 234 Art. 225Notice of alterations and additional surveys. 

(1) The owner or master of a ship in respect of which any certificate issued under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this

Act is in force shall, as soon as possible after any alteration is made in the ship’s hull, equipment, appliances or machinery affecting the efficiency thereof or the seaworthiness of the ship, give written notice to the Minister containing full particulars of the alteration.

(2) If notice of any alteration is not given as required by this article, the owner or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding one hundred units.

(3) If the Minister has reason to believe that since the making of the last declaration of survey in respect of any ship as aforesaid-

(a) any such alteration has been made as is mentioned in sub-article (1); or

(b) the hull, equipment, appliances or machinery of the ship have sustained an injury or are otherwise insufficient, the Minister may, without prejudice to his powers under article 228, require the ship to be again surveyed to such extent as he thinks fit, and, if such requirement is not complied with, may cancel any certificate issued in respect of the ship under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act.

(4) For the purpose of this article the expression "alteration" in relation to anything includes the renewal of any part of it.