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The Bangladesh Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1983

Section 328Submersion of sub division load lines in case of passenger ships

In forcePart VI SAFETYChapter 24 LOAD LINES

Part VI SAFETY

Chapter 24 LOAD LINES

s. 328

328. Submersion of sub division load lines in case of passenger ships Where a Bangladesh passenger ship has been marked with sub division load line, that is to say, load lines indicating the depth to which the ship may be loaded having regard to the extent to which the ship is sub divided and the space for the time being allotted to passengers, and when the appropriate sub division load line, that is to say, the sub division load line appropriate to the space for the time being allotted to passengers on the ship, is lower than the load line indicating the maximum depth to which this ship is for the time being entitled under the provisions of this Chapter to be loaded, the ship shall not be so loaded that the appropriate sub division load line on each side of the ship is submerged if the ship is in salt water and has no list or would be submerged if the ship were in salt water and had no list.

End of s. 328.

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