168. Where a ship registered in Ceylon is marked in accordance with the requirements of this Part, then, if-
| (a) the owner or master of the ship fails without reasonable cause to keep the ship so marked; or |
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| (b) any person conceals, removes, alters, defaces or permits any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any mark with which the ship is so marked (except where he does so under the authority of a person empowered under the Load Line Regulations to authorize him in that behalf), |
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he shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts