Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Marginal note:Carrying excess number of persons

• 110 (1) The master of a vessel must ensure that the number of persons carried on board is not more than the number of persons authorized to be on board under any certificate issued under this Part or under an international convention, protocol or resolution listed in Schedule 1.

• Marginal note:Submerging load lines

  (2) The master of a vessel shall ensure that the applicable load lines on the vessel are not submerged.

• Marginal note:Exception to subsection (1)

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a person carried on board a vessel in pursuance of the obligation on the master to carry shipwrecked or distressed persons.