Section 319 applies to foreign ships while in Ghanaian waters subject to the following:

(a) no Load Line Convention ship shall be detained, and no proceedings shall be taken against the ship by virtue of that section, except after an inspection by a surveyor as provided for in this Part;

(b) the expression "the appropriate load line" means

(i) in the case where a valid Load Line Certificate in respect of the ship is produced on an inspection as mentioned above, the load line appearing on the Certificate indicating the maximum depth to which the ship is for the time being permitted under the Load Line Convention to be loaded; and

  (ii) in the case where a valid Load Line Certificate is not produced, the load line which corresponds with the load line indicating the maximum depth to  which the ship is for the time being permitted in accordance with the Load Line Regulations to be loaded.