Section 293: International and Local Load Line Certificates

(1)
Where a Nigerian ship has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the Load Line Regulations, the appropriate certificate shall be issued to the owner of the ship, on his application.
(2)
For the purpose of this section, the appropriate certificate-
(a)
in the case of an existing ship of not less than one hundred and fifty gross tons, and in the case of a new ship of twenty-four metres or more in length shall be called an "International Load Line Certificate (1966)"; and
(b)
in the case of any other ship, shall be called a "Nigerian Local Load Line Certificate".