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| (1) Subject to any exemption conferred by or under this Part, no ship registered in Ceylon shall go or attempt to go to sea or be used in any port or place, unless the appropriate certificate issued under section 169 is in force in respect of such ship. |
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| (2) Before any such ship goes to sea the master thereof shall produce the appropriate certificate to the proper officer of customs from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded; and clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the appropriate certificate is so produced. |
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| (3) If any ship goes or attempts to go to sea or is used in contravention of this section, the master thereof shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts