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Marking of deck-lines.
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437.[1]
—(1) Every British ship (except ships under eighty tons register employed solely in the coasting trade,[2]
ships employed solely in fishing, and pleasure yachts, and ships, employed exclusively in trading or going from place to place in any river or inland water the whole or part of which is in any British possession), shall be permanently and conspicuously marked with lines (in this Act called deck-lines) of not less than twelve inches in length and one inch in breadth, painted longitudinally on each side amidships, or as near thereto as is practicable, and indicating the position of each deck which is above water.
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[1 Ss. 437–443 (except sub-ss. (3) (4) of s. 440) are applied to foreign ships while within any port in the United Kingdom by 6 Edw. 7. c. 48. s. 1 and Stat. Rules and Orders, 1908, No. 912, p. 646, as from October 1, 1909.]
[2 Restricted by 6 Edw. 7. c. 48. s. 7.] |