Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2019 · As enacted
13. Replacement of sections 161 and 162 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Sections 161 and 162 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor:-
161. In this part, “international voyage”
means a voyage between-
a port or place in Sri Lanka and a port or place outside Sri Lanka; or
a port or place in a country to which the Convention applies (other than
Sri Lanka) and a port or place in any other country or territory which is outside Sri Lanka:
Provided, however, that in determining the ports between which a voyage is made no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from her intended voyage which is due solely to such stress of weather or such other circumstance that neither the master nor owner
“Definition of
“international voyage”.
nor the charterers (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled.
162. In this part, “new ship” means, a ship the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after–
in the case of a ship registered in or flying the flag of a country which is a Convention country (other than Sri
Lanka), the date from which the present Convention has entered into force; and
in the case of any other ship, the 25th day of January, 1972.”.