Recognition of Load Line Certificates Issued Outside India.

An international ¹[load line certificate or, as the case may be, an international load line exemption certificate] issued in respect of any ship other than an Indian ship by the Government of the country to which the ship belongs shall, subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in this behalf, have the same effect in India as a ¹[load line certificate or, as the case may be, an international load line exemption certificate] issued in respect of an Indian ship under this Part.

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