ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Merchant Shipping Act
270. Prohibition on proceeding to sea without load line certificate
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
270. Prohibition on proceeding to sea without load line certificate
(1)Subject to any exemption conferred by or under this Part, no Kenyan ship to which this Part applies shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea unless the appropriate certificate is in force in respect of the ship.(2)Before any such ship proceeds to sea, the master of the ship shall produce the appropriate certificate to the port officer from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded, and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the appropriate certificate is so produced.(3)Where any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section, the master of the ship commits an offence and shall be liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.(4)In this section, “appropriate certificate” means the certificate which is the appropriate certificate for the purposes of section 267.