Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
Contents of certificate B.
242. Contents of certificate B. The second of the certificates (hereinafter called certificate B) shall be in the prescribed form and shall state-- (a) the voyage which the ship is to make, and the intermediate ports (if any) at which she is to touch; (b) that she has the proper complement of officers and seamen; 6*[(c) that the master holds-- (i) a certificate of survey and certificate A; or (ii) a passenger ship safety certificate accompanied by an exemption certificate, a special trade passenger ship safety certificate and a special trade passenger ship space certificate; or (iii) a nuclear passenger ship safety certificate; --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 69 of 1976, s. 4, for certian words (w.e.f.1-12- 1976). 3. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., s.241. 4. Subs. by s. 6, ibid.,for cl. (C). 512 (d) that she has on board such number of medical officers licensed in the prescribed manner and such number of attendants, if any, as may be prescribed; (e) that food, fuel and pure water over and above what is necessary for the crew, and the other things (if any) prescribed for 1*[special trade passenger ships] or pilgrim ships, have been placed on board, of the quality prescribed, properly packed, and sufficient to supply the 1*[special trade passengers] or pilgrims on board during the voyage which the ship is to make (including such detention in quarantine as may be probable) according to the prescribed scale; (f) in the case of 1*[special trade passenger ship], if the ship is to make a voyage in a season of foul weather specified as such in the rules made under section 262, and to carry upper-deck passengers, that she is furnished with substantial bulwarks and a double awning or with other sufficient protection against the weather; (g) in the case of 1*[special trade passengers] ship the number of cabin and 1*[special trade passengers] embarked at the port of embarkation; (h) such other particulars, if any, as may be prescribed for 1*[special trade passenger ships or pilgrim ships], as the case may be.
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