Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2019 · As enacted
5. Amendment of section 144 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Section 144 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
by the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following:–
“(1)(a) A cargo ship to which the Convention applies shall not go to sea on a voyage to or from any port or place in Sri Lanka, or a Sri Lanka cargo ship which the Convention applies shall not perform an international voyage, unless there are in force
Convention certificates as may be prescribed by regulations.
A cargo ship of five hundred tons gross or more shall not perform a voyage from one port or place in Sri Lanka to another such port or place in
Sri Lanka, unless there are in force certificates as may be prescribed by regulations.
(a) A cargo ship to which the Convention does not apply shall not go to sea on a voyage to or from any port or place in Sri Lanka, or a Sri Lanka cargo ship which the Convention does not apply shall not perform an international voyage, unless there are in force valid certificates as may be prescribed by regulations and in the case of foreign ships, such equivalent certificates as are acceptable to the Director-General of Merchant Shipping.
A cargo ship of less than five hundred tons gross shall not perform a voyage from one port or place in Sri Lanka to another such port or place in
Sri Lanka, unless there are in force certificates as may be prescribed by regulations.”;
in subsection (3) thereof, by the substitution for the words “a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees.”, of the words “a fine not exceeding five million rupees.”.