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Obligation to hoist national colours
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35. (1) The national colours shall be hoisted on an Irish ship—
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(a) on a signal being made to it by a ship of the Naval Service of the Defence Forces under the command of a commissioned officer of that Service,
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(b) on entering or leaving a port outside the State, and
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(c) if the ship is of 24 metres in load line length or greater, on entering or leaving a port in the State.
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a fishing boat, personal watercraft or small fast powered craft operating domestically.
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(3) Where there is a contravention of this section, the master of the ship concerned commits an offence.
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