Cap. 234 Art. 272Subdivision load lines.

Where in pursuance of the law of any country made for the purpose of giving effect to the international convention entitled the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 10th June, 1948, a passenger ship to which the load line provisions of this Act apply is marked with subdivision load lines, and the lowest of those lines is lower than the line which, apart from this article, would be the appropriate load line for the purposes of article 253 in the case of a Maltese ship, or for the purposes of article 263 in the case of a foreign ship, those articles shall have effect as if that subdivision load line were the appropriate load line for the purposes of those articles.