Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part II · Brunei Darussalam Registry
9. Marking of ship
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every ship shall, before registry, be marked permanently and conspicuously to the satisfaction of the Registrar as follows -
ship
"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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{a}
its name shall be marked on each of its bows, and its name and the name of its port of registry shall be marked on its 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 one decimeter and of proportionate breadth;
{b}
its official number shall be cut in on its main beam; and
{c}
a scale of decimeters, or of metres and decimeters, denoting its draught of water shall be marked on each side of its stem and of its stern post-
in figures at 2-decimetre intervals, if the scale is m decimeters;
in figures at each metre interval and at intervening 2-
decimetre intervals, if the scale is in metres and decimeters;
and
the capital letter "M" being placed after each metre figure; the top figure of scale showing both the metre and (except where it marks a full metre interval) the decimeter figure; the lower line of the figures, or figures and letters (as the case may be),
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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE coinciding with the draught line denoted thereby, the figures and letters being not less than one decimeter in length and t\
being marked by being cut in and painted white or yellow on a dark ground, or in such other way as the Registrar may approve.
The Registrar may exempt any ship or class of ships from all or any of the requirements of this section.
If the scale showing a 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 and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding $10,000.
Terms defined in s 2
port
Defined · s 2"port" means any area in Brunei Darussalam declared to be a port under the Ports Act;
ship
Defined · s 2"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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