Section 40: Marking
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40. Marking
(1) The Permanent Secretary shall assign an identification mark to every
Mauritian fishing boat or Mauritian fishing vessel registered under section 42
to which no international radio call sign has been allocated.
(2) No owner or master of any fishing boat or fishing vessel shall allow
his boat or vessel to be in the maritime zones or in a port, unless the boat or
vessel is marked in accordance with the Food and Agriculture Organisation
of the United Nations Standard Specifications for the Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels for the time being in force, or such marking as is
specified or imposed by the flag state of the fishing boat or vessel.
(3) No person shall falsify, delete or conceal the marking of any fishing
boat or fishing vessel made in accordance with subsection (1), or appearing
on a fishing boat or fishing vessel marked as specified in subsection (2).
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