Section 124: Inspection of foreign ships

124. Inspection of foreign ships (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5) and to section 8, a surveyor may inspect a foreign ship while the ship is within a Port. [Issue 2] M62 – 62 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) The surveyor may go on board the ship for the purpose of demanding production of an International Load Line Certificate (1966) or a Mauritius Load Line Certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship. (3) Where a valid Convention certificate is produced to the surveyor in respect of the ship, the powers of the surveyor under subsection (1) shall be limited to seeing that— (a) the ship is not loaded beyond the limits allowed by the certificate; (b) lines are marked on the ship in the positions of the load lines specified in the certificate; (c) no material alterations or other changes have taken place in the hull or superstructure of the ship which affect the position in which any of those lines ought to be marked; and (d) the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard rails, the free ports and the means of access to the crew’s quarters have been maintained on the ship in as effective a condition as they were in when the certificate was issued. (4) Where the ship is found to have so deteriorated or to have been so materially altered in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (3) (c) or (d) that the ship is manifestly unfit to proceed to sea without danger to human life, it shall be deemed to be unsafe for the purposes of Sub-Part IV. (5) Where a ship is detained pursuant to a finding under subsection (4), the Director shall order the ship to be released as soon as he is satisfied that the ship is fit to proceed to sea without danger to human life. Sub-Part III – Grain and Dangerous Goods