Section 314: Posting up of load Line certificate and entry of load line details in ship's log book

(1)
Where a Load Line Certificate has been issued under this part in respect of a Nigerian load line ship-
(a)
the owner of the ship shall forthwith upon receipt of the certificate, cause it to be framed and displayed in some conspicuous place on board the ship. The certificate shall be kept so framed and displayed and shall be legible so long as the certificate remains in force and the ship is in use; and
(b)
the master of the ship before making any other entry in any official log book, shall enter therein the particulars as to the marking of the deck line and load line specified in the certificate.
(2)
The master of any Nigerian Load Line ship shall before the ship proceeds to sea-
(a)
enter in the official log book the draught and freeboard relating to the depth to which the ship is for the time being loaded, the density of the water in which the ship is floating and all other particulars relating to them in the form as set out in the official log book;
(b)
cause a notice in the prescribed form to be displayed in some conspicuous place on board the ship and the notice shall remain displayed and shall be legible while the ship is at sea.
(3)
The owner or master of any Nigerian Load Line ship who fails to comply with the provisions of this section, commits an offence and conviction is liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand Naira.