Section 10
Survey and measurement of ship
(1)
Every Brunei ship shall before registry be Markingof marked permanently and conspicuously to the satisfaction ship of the Registrar as follows -
(a)
her name shall be marked on each of her bows, and her name and the name of her port of registry in Brunei shall be marked on her stern, on a dark ground in white or yellow letters, or on a light ground in black letters, such letters to be of a length not less than 4 inches, and of proportionate breadth;
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(b)
her official number and the number denot-ing her registered tonnage shall be cut in on her main beam; and
(c)
a scale of feet denoting her draught of water shall be marked on each side of her stem and of her stern post in Roman capital letters or in figures, not less than 6 inches in length, the lower line of such letters or figures to coincide with the draught line denoted thereby, and those letters or figures shall be marked by being cut in and painted white or yellow on a dark ground or in such other way as the Registrar approves.
{2) The Registrar may exempt any class of ships from all or any of the requirements of this section.
(3)
If the scale of feet showing the ship's draught of water is in any respect inaccurate, so as to be likely to mislead, the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence:
Penalty, a fine of $2,000.
( 4) The marks required by this section shall be per-manently continued, and no alteration shall be made there-in, except in the event of any of the particulars thereby denoted being altered in the manner provided by this Part.
( 5) If an owner or master of a Brunei ship neglects to cause his ship to be marked as required by this section, or to keep her so marked, or if any person conceals, removes, alters, defaces or obliterates or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any of the said marks, except in the event aforesaid, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy, that owner, master or person shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $2,000; and on a certificate from a government surveyor that a ship is insufficiently or inaccurately marked the ship may be detained until the insufficiency or inaccuracy has been remedied.
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