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(1) The Minister may, at the request of the Government of a country to which the Convention applies, cause an appropriate Convention certificate to be issued in respect of a ship registered in that country, if he is satisfied that such certificate can properly be issued; and where the certificate is issued at such request, it shall contain a statement that it has been so issued. |
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(2) The Minister may request the Government of a country to which the Convention applies to issue an appropriate Convention certificate in respect of a Ceylon ship; and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request and containing a statement that it has been so issued shall have effect for the purposes of this Act as if it had been issued by the Minister. |
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