What are the situations when the loadline exemption certificate are given ?
In case a vessel, not normally engaged on international or ocean voyages, needs to perform an international voyage, the administration may issue a Loadline Exemption Certificate for that particular voyage.
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0 (a) any sailing vessel, being an existing vessel of less than one hundred and fifty tons gross, or a new vessel of less than twenty-four metres in length, and in either case employed in plying coastwise between ports situated within India, Pakistan, Buram and Ceylon;
(b) any ship solely engaged in fishing;
(c) any pleasure yacht.
(3) The Central Government may, on such conditions as it may think fit, exempt from the provisions of this Part relating to load lines--
(a) any ship plying between the near neighbouring ports of two or more countries, if the Central Government and the Governments of those countries are satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of the voyagese between those ports make it unreasonable or impracticable to apply to ships so plying the provisions of this Part relating to load lines;
(b) any ship plying between near neighbouring ports of the same country, if the Central Government is satisfied as aforesaid;
(c) wooden ships of primitive build, if the Central Government considers that it would be unreasonable or impracticable to apply the said provision to them.
[(d) any coasting ship, being an existing ship of less than one hundred and fifty tons gross or a new ship of less than twenty-four metres in length.
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