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(1) A Load Line Ship shall not proceed to sea unless

(a) the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the Load Line Regulations by a surveyor of ships or by an organisation authorised to act in that behalf by the Director-General or at the Director-General's request by the government of any Load Line Convention Country,

(b) the ship complies with the conditions for the assignment of load lines prescribed in the Load Line Regulations, the ship is marked on each side with a deckline mark indicating the position of the uppermost deck and with load line marks, indicating the several maximum depths to which the ship is permitted to load in various circumstances prescribed by the Load Line Regulations, and

(d) the deck line and load lines are of the descriptions and in the positions required by the Load Line Regulations.

(2) Where a ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section the master or owner of the ship commits an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to both the fine and the imprisonment, and in addition the ship may be detained until it has been so surveyed and marked.