Section 244: Modified survey of passenger ships holding convention certificates

(1)
Where an Accepted Safety Convention Certificate is produced in respect of a Safety Convention passenger ship, not being a Nigerian ship:
(a)
the ship shall not be required to be surveyed under this Act by a surveyor except for the purpose of determining the number of passengers, if any, that the ship is fit to carry; and
(b)
on receipt of any declaration or survey for the purpose of determining the number of passengers, the Minister shall issue a certificate under section 227 of this Act containing only a statement of the particulars set out in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 227 of this Act and a certificate so issued shall have effect as a certificate of survey.
(2)
Where there is produced in respect of any ship mentioned in subsection (1) of this section an Accepted Safety Convention Certificate, and a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Government of the country in which the ship is registered or to which it belongs showing the number of passengers the ship is fit to carry, and the Minister is satisfied that the number has been determined substantially in the same manner as in the case of a Nigerian ship, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, dispense with any survey of the ship for the purpose of determning the number of passengers that the ship is fit to carry, and direct that the last mentioned certificate has effect as a certificate or survey.