Maintenance Act, 1998
R 385
Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at SeaPart III : Safety of navigation253. Provisions of this chapter not to be applied to ships not registered in the Republic driven into Republic ports by stress of weather |
Notwithstanding the fact that any provision of this Chapter is expressed to apply to ships not registered in the Republic while they are within the Republic or within the territorial waters thereof, that provision shall not be applied to a ship not registered in the Republic if she would not have been within the Republic or within the territorial waters thereof but for stress of weather or any other circumstances that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled.
