Section 313 in The Merchant Shipping (Shipping Office Forms) Rules, 1963
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(1)An Indian ship (not being exempt from the provisions of this Part relating to load lines) shall not be so loaded as to submerge in salt water, when the ship has no list, the appropriate load line on earth side of the ship, that is to say, the load line indicating or purporting to indicate the maximum depth to which say, the ship is for the time being entitled under the load line rules to be loaded.(2)Without prejudice to any other proceedings under this Act, any ship which is loaded in contravention of this section may be detained until she ceases to be so loaded.Maintenance of local line marks
