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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter II : Recording, Registering and Licensing of Ships

72A. Prohibition of use of vessels of less than three metres in length

 

(1) No vessel of less than three metres in length shall go to sea from any port in or from anywhere else on the coast of the Republic.

 

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) the Minister may by regulation—
(a) prescribe the purpose for and the area in which a vessel of less than three metres in length may be used; and
(b) prescribe the conditions subject to which any such vessel may be so used.

[Section 72A(2)(b) substituted by item 8 (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]

 

[Section 72A substituted by item 8 (Schedule 2) of  Act No. 58 of 1998]