Section 56Measures for protection against explosion, fire, etc.

s. 56

56. Measures for protection against explosion, fire, etc No inland ship shall proceed on any voyage or be used for any service for mercantile purposes, unless she has been equipped or provided with such [ life-saving apparatus, fire-fighting equipments and instruments], and there has been taken in respect of her such measures against explosion, fire, collision and other accidents, as may be prescribed.

1. 57. The words and comma “life-saving apparatus, fire-fighting equipments and instruments” were substituted for the words “apparatus and instruments” by section 21 of the Inland Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (XIX of 1983)