Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1933

Certificates of Convention ships to be produced to Customs.

51.—The master of every Load Line Convention ship not registered in Saorstát Eireann shall produce to the officer of Customs from whom a clearance or transire for the ship from any port in Saorstát Eireann is demanded—

(a) in a case where clearance is demanded in respect of an international voyage, a valid Load Line Convention certificate;

(b) in a case where clearance or transire is demanded in respect of any other voyage, either a valid Load Line Convention certificate or a Saorstát Eireann load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship;

and a clearance or transire shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the certificate required by this section is so produced.

General Provisions as to Ships not Registered in Saorstát Eireann.